Electronic portal imaging device detection of radioopaque markers for the evaluation of prostate position during megavoltage irradiation: A clinical study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 205-212

  Vigneault, Eric ^a   Pouliot, Jean ^a   Laverdière, Jacques ^a   Jean, Roy ^a   Dorion, Marc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Prostate cancer; Radioopaque markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031051526     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00341-0     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Ames, J, W.; Hartz, W.; Litwin, S.; Hanks, G. E. The retrograde urethrogram is more accurate than CT in identifying the caudal prostate margin for conformal treatment planning (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27(Suppl. 1):137-138; 1993.
2. Bagshaw, M. A.; Cox, R. S.; Ray, G. R. Status of radiation treatment of prostate cancer at Stanford University, NCI Monogr. 7:47-60; 1988.
3. Bijhold, J.; Lebesque, J. V.; Hart, A. A. M.; Vijbrief, R. E. Maximizing setup accuracy using portal images as applied to conformal boost technique for prostatic cancer. Radiother. Oncol. 24(4):261-271; 1992.
4. Balter, J. M.; Lam, K.; Sandler, H. M.; Littles, F.; Ten Haken, R. K. Automatic localization of the prostate at the start of treatment using implanted radioopaque markers. 3rd Int. Workshop on EPID, session III, San Francisco, October 1994.
5. Balter, J. M.; Sandler, H. M.; Lam, K.; Bree, R. L.; Litcher, A. S.; Ten Haken, R. K. Measurement of prostate movement over the course of routine radiotherapy using implanted markers. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 31(1):113-118; 1995.
6. Beard, C. J.; Bussiere, M. R.; Plunkett, M. E.; Coleman, C. N.; Kijewski, P. K. Analysis of prostate and seminal vesicle motion (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27(Suppl. 1):136; 1993.
7. Boring, C. C. Cancer statistics 1994, CA. Cancer J. Clin. 44:7-26; 1994.
8. Cionini, L.; Bucciolini, M. Role of portal imaging in clinical radiotherapy; Florence experience. Radiother. Oncol. 29(2):230-236; 1992.
9. Cox, J. A.; Zagoria, R. J.; Raben, M. Prostate cancer: Comparison of retrograde urethography and computed tomography in radiation planning. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 29(5):299-307; 1993.
10. De Neve, W.; Van den Heuvel, F.; Coghe, M.; Verellen, D.; De Beukeleer; Roelstrate, A.; De Roover, P.; Thon, L: Storme, G. Interactive use of on-line portal imaging in pelvic radiation. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 25:517-524; 1993.
11. El-Gayed Ali, A. H.; Bel, A.; Vijbrief, R.; Bartelink, H.; Lebesque, J. V. Time trend of patient setup deviations during pelvic irradiation using elecronic portal imaging. Radiother. Oncol. 26(3):162-171; 1992.
12. Forman, J. D.; Mesina, C. F.; He, M.; Devi, S. B.; Ben-Josf, E.; Pelizzari, C.; Vijayakumar: Chen, G. T. Evaluation of changes in the location and shape of the prostate and rectum during a seven weeks course of conformai radiotherapy (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27(Suppl. 1):222; 1993.
13. Fuks, Z.; Horwich, A. Clinical and technical aspects of conformal therapy. Radiother. Oncol. 29(2):219; 1993.
14. Hafermann, M. D. Quality control of radiation therapy in multi-institutional randomized clinical trial for localized prostate cancer. Urology 31(2):119-124; 1988.
15. Hafermann, M. D.; Richardson, D.; Jones, D. Retrograde urethrocystographic localisation technic in external beam radiotherapy of prostate cancer (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 9(Suppl. 1):150; 1983.
16. Hanks, G. E. External-beam radiation therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer: Patterns of care studies in the United States. NCI Monogr. 7:75-84; 1988.
17. Hanks, G. E. External beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer: Still the gold standard. Oncology 6:79-89; 1992.
18. Hunt, M. A.; Shultheiss, T. E.; Hanks, G. E. A comparison of setup variations using EPID devices and film for patients treated for prostate cancer (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 30(Suppl. 1):221; 1994.
19. Leibel, S. A.; Heiman, R.; Kutcher, G. J.; Zelefsky, M. J.; Burman, C. M.; Melian, E.; Orazem, J. P.; Mohan, R.; Losasso, T. J.; Lo, Y.-C.; Wiseberg, J. A.; Chapman, D. S.; Ling, C. C.; Fuks, Z. Three-dimension conformal radiation therapy in locally advanced carcinoma of the prostate: Preliminary results of a phase I dose-escalation study. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 28:55-65; 1993.
20. Melian, E.; Kutcher, G.; Leibel, S.; Zelefsky, M.; Baldwin, B.; Fuks. Z. Variation in prostate position: Quantitation and implications for three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27(Suppl. 1):137; 1993.
21. Murphy, D. J.; Porter, A. T. Prostate localization for the treatment planning of prostate cancer: A comparaison of two techniques. Med. Dosim. 13:11-12; 1988.
22. Perez, C. A.; Lee, H. K.; Georgiou, A.; Logsdon, M. D.; Lai, P. P.; Lockett, M. A. Technical and tumor-related factors affecting outcome of definitive irradiation for localized carcinoma of the prostate. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 26:581-591; 1993.
23. Pilepich, M. V. Radiation oncology group studies in carcinoma of the prostate, NCI Monogr. 7:61-65; 1988.
24. Pilepich, M. V.; Asbell, S. O.; Krall, J. M.; Baerwald, W. H.; Sause, W. T.; Rubin, P.; Emami, B. N.; Pidcock, R. T. T. Correlation of radiotherapeutic parameters and treatment related morbidity: Analysis of RTOG study 77-06 toxicity. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 13:1007-1012; 1987.
25. Pouliot, J.; Aubin, M.; Lirette, A.; Larochelle, M. The role of EPID in radiotherapy of breast cancer. 3rd Int. Workshop on EPID, session III, San Francisco, October 1994.
26. Roach III, M.; Pickett, B.; Holland, J.; Zapotowski, K. A.; Marsh, D. L.; Tatera, B. S. The role of urethrogram during simulation for localised prostate cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 25:299-307; 1993.
27. Rosenthal, S. A.; Roach III, M.; Goldsmith, B. J.; Dogget, E. D.; Stern, R. L.; Ryu, J. K. Immobilization improves the reproducibility of patient positioning during six-field conformal radiation therapy for prostate carcinoma. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27:921-926; 1993.
28. Sandler, H. M.; Bree, R. L.; McLaughin, P. W.; Grossman, H. B.; Litcher, A. S. Localization of the prostatic apex for radiation therapy using implanted markers. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27:915-919; 1993.
29. Schild, S. E.; Buskirk, S. J.; Robinow, J. S. Prostate Cancer: retrograde urethrography to improve treatment planning for radiation therapy. Radiology 181(3):885-887; 1991.
30. Shalev, S.; Lee, T.; Leszczynski, K.; Corby, S.; Chu, T. Video techniques for online portal imaging. Comput. Med. Imaging Graph. 13:217-226; 1989.
31. Shipley, W. U. The advantage of X-ray visible marker of the prostatic apex. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 27:985; 1993.
32. Soffen, E. M.; Hanks, G. E.; Hwang, C. C.; Chu, J. C. H. Conformal static field therapy for low volume low grade prostate cancer with rigid immobilization. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 20:141-146; 1991.
33. Tait, D. M.; Nahum, A. E.; Rigby, L.; Chow, M.; Mayles, W. P. M.; Dearnaley, D. P.; Horwich, A. Conformal radiotherapy of the pelvis: Assessment of acute toxicity. Radiother. Oncol. 29(2):117-126; 1993.
34. Ten Haken, R. K.; Forman, J. D.; Heimburger, D. K.; Gerhardsosson, A.; McShan, D. L.; Perez-Temayo, C.; Schoeppel, S. L.; Litcher, A. S. Treatment planning issues related to prostate movement in response to differential filling of the rectum and bladder. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 20:1317-1324; 1991.
35. Tinger, A.; Michalski, J. M.; Bosh, W. R.; Valicenti, R. K.; Myerson, R. J. An analysis of intratreatment and intertreatant variations in pelvic patient positioning using electronic portal imaging (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 30(Suppl. 1):228; 1994.
36. Torp-Pedersen, S. T.; Lee, F. Transrectal biopsy of the prostate guided by transrectal ultrasound. Urol. Clin. North Am. 16(4):703-712; 1989.
37. van Herk, M.; Bruce, A.; Kroes, G.; Shouman, T.; Touw, A.; Lebesque, J. V. Application of three-dimensional image correlation for quantification of prostate motion (Abstr.). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 30(Suppl. 1):173; 1994.
38. Vigneault, E.; Pouliot, J.; Laverdiere, J.; Roy, J. The choice of a radioopaque marker for location of prostatic apex during megavoltage irradiation (Abstr.). Med. Phys. 22(5):679; 1995.