First experimental investigation of simultaneously tracking two independently moving targets on an MRI-linac using real-time MRI and MLC tracking
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Liu, PaulDong, Bing
Nguyen, Doan Trang
Ge, Yuanyuan
Hewson, Emily
Waddington, David
O'Brien, Ricky
Liney, Gary
Keall, Paul
Abstract
Purpose: High quality radiotherapy is challenging in cases where multiple targets with independent motion are simultaneously treated. A real-time tumor tracking system that can simultaneously account for the motion of two targets was developed and characterized.
Methods: The ...
See morePurpose: High quality radiotherapy is challenging in cases where multiple targets with independent motion are simultaneously treated. A real-time tumor tracking system that can simultaneously account for the motion of two targets was developed and characterized. Methods: The multitarget tracking system was implemented on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-linac and utilized multi-leaf collimator (MLC) tracking to adapt the radiation beam to phantom targets reproducing motion with prostate and lung motion traces. Multitarget tracking consisted of three stages: (a) pretreatment aperture segmentation where the treatment aperture was divided into segments corresponding to each target, (b) MR imaging where the positions of the two targets were localized, and (c) MLC tracking where an updated treatment aperture was calculated. Electronic portal images (EPID) acquired during irradiation were analyzed to characterize geometric uncertainty and tracking latency. Results: Multitarget MLC tracking effectively accounted for the motion of both targets during treatment. The root-mean-square error between the centers of the targets and the centers of the corresponding MLC leaves were reduced from 5.5 mm without tracking to 2.7 mm with tracking for lung motion traces and reduced from 4.2 to 1.4 mm for prostate motion traces. The end-to-end latency of tracking was measured to be 328 ± 44 ms. Conclusions: We have demonstrated the first experimental implementation of MLC tracking for multiple targets having independent motion. This technology takes advantage of the imaging capabilities of MRI-linacs and would allow treatment margins to be reduced in cases where multiple targets are simultaneously treated.
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See morePurpose: High quality radiotherapy is challenging in cases where multiple targets with independent motion are simultaneously treated. A real-time tumor tracking system that can simultaneously account for the motion of two targets was developed and characterized. Methods: The multitarget tracking system was implemented on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-linac and utilized multi-leaf collimator (MLC) tracking to adapt the radiation beam to phantom targets reproducing motion with prostate and lung motion traces. Multitarget tracking consisted of three stages: (a) pretreatment aperture segmentation where the treatment aperture was divided into segments corresponding to each target, (b) MR imaging where the positions of the two targets were localized, and (c) MLC tracking where an updated treatment aperture was calculated. Electronic portal images (EPID) acquired during irradiation were analyzed to characterize geometric uncertainty and tracking latency. Results: Multitarget MLC tracking effectively accounted for the motion of both targets during treatment. The root-mean-square error between the centers of the targets and the centers of the corresponding MLC leaves were reduced from 5.5 mm without tracking to 2.7 mm with tracking for lung motion traces and reduced from 4.2 to 1.4 mm for prostate motion traces. The end-to-end latency of tracking was measured to be 328 ± 44 ms. Conclusions: We have demonstrated the first experimental implementation of MLC tracking for multiple targets having independent motion. This technology takes advantage of the imaging capabilities of MRI-linacs and would allow treatment margins to be reduced in cases where multiple targets are simultaneously treated.
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Date
2020Source title
Medical PhysicsVolume
47Issue
12Publisher
WileyLicence
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Faculty of Medicine and HealthSubjects
MRI-guided radiation therapyShare