Clinical evaluation of a laser surface scanning system in 120 patients for improving daily setup accuracy in fractionated radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 846-853

  Moser, Torsten ^a   Habl, Gregor ^b   Uhl, Matthias ^b   Schubert, Kai ^b   Sroka Perez, Gabriele ^b   Debus, Jürgen ^b   Herfarth, Klaus ^b   Karger, Christian P ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES; CORRECTION ACCURACY; FRACTIONATED RADIATION; IMAGING DOSE; LASER IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER SURFACE; LASER SYSTEMS; MEGAVOLTAGE; OPTICAL SURFACES; REFERENCE IMAGE; SETUP ACCURACY; SETUP ERRORS; TOMOTHERAPY; TUMOR LOCATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE (DICOM); IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURFACES; TUMORS;

LASERS;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATED CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURFACE SCANNING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY SETUP ERRORS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873283929     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.05.026     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. M.J. Murphy, J. Balter, and S. Balter The management of imaging dose during image-guided radiotherapy: report of the AAPM Task Group 75 Med Phys 34 2007 4041 4063
2. C. Bert, K.G. Metheany, and K. Doppke A phantom evaluation of a stereo-vision surface imaging system for radiotherapy patient setup Med Phys 32 2005 2753 2762
3. C. Bert, K.G. Metheany, and K.P. Doppke Clinical experience with a 3D surface patient setup system for alignment of partial-breast irradiation patients Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 64 2006 1265 1274
4. T. Moser, S. Fleischhacker, and K. Schubert Technical performance of a commercial laser surface scanning system for patient setup correction in radiotherapy Phys Med 27 2011 224 232
5. P.J. Schöffel, W. Harms, and G. Sroka-Perez Accuracy of a commercial optical 3D surface imaging system for realignment of patients for radiotherapy of the thorax Phys Med Biol 52 2007 3949 3963
6. G. Baroni, G. Ferrigno, and R. Orecchia Real-time opto-electronic verification of patient position in breast cancer radiotherapy Comput Aided Surg 5 2000 296 306
7. G. Baroni, A. Troia, and M. Riboldi Evaluation of methods for opto-electronic body surface sensing applied to patient position control in breast radiation therapy Med Biol Eng Comput 41 2003 679 688
8. D.P. Gierga, M. Riboldi, and J.C. Turcotte Comparison of target registration errors for multiple image-guided techniques in accelerated partial breast irradiation Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 70 2008 1239 1246
9. M. Krengli, S. Gaiano, and E. Mones Reproducibility of patient setup by surface image registration system in conformal radiotherapy of prostate cancer Radiat Oncol 4 2009 9
10. J.L. Peng, D. Kahler, and J.G. Li Characterization of a real-time surface image-guided stereotactic positioning system Med Phys 37 2010 5421 5433
11. L. Deantonio, L. Masini, and G. Loi Detection of setup uncertainties with 3D surface registration system for conformal radiotherapy of breast cancer Rep Pract Oncol Radiother 16 2011 77 81
12. L.K. Schubert, D.C. Westerly, and W.A. Tome A comprehensive assessment by tumor site of patient setup using daily MVCT imaging from more than 3,800 helical tomotherapy treatments Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 73 2009 1260 1269
13. S. Pallotta, L. Marrazzo, and M. Ceroti A phantom evaluation of Sentinel, a commercial laser/camera surface imaging system for patient setup verification in radiotherapy Med Phys 39 2012 706 712