Retrospective Estimate of the Quality of Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy Plans for Lung Cancer
- Authors
- Koo, Jihye; Yoon, Myonggeun; Chung, Weon Kuu; Kim, Dong Wook
- Issue Date
- 7월-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN PHYSICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Planning quality; Quality assurance; Lung cancer; Dosimetry; Dose-volume histogram
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, v.67, no.1, pp.136 - 141
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
- Volume
- 67
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 136
- End Page
- 141
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/93071
- DOI
- 10.3938/jkps.67.136
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
- Abstract
- This study estimated the planning quality of intensity-modulated radiotherapy in 42 lung cancer cases to provide preliminary data for the development of a planning quality assurance algorithm. Organs in or near the thoracic cavity (ipsilateral lung, contralateral lung, heart, liver, esophagus, spinal cord, and bronchus) were selected as organs at risk (OARs). Radiotherapy plans were compared by using the conformity index (CI), coverage index (CVI), and homogeneity index (HI) of the planning target volume (PTV), the OAR-PTV distance and the OAR-PTV overlap volume, and the V10(Gy), V20(Gy), and equivalent uniform dose (EUD) of the OARs. The CI, CVI, and HI of the PTV were 0.54 - 0.89 (0.77 +/- 0.08), 0.90 - 1.00 (0.98 +/- 0.02), and 0.11 - 0.41, (0.15 +/- 0.05), respectively. The mean EUDs (V10(Gy), V20(Gy)) of the ipsilateral lung, contralateral lung, esophagus, cord, liver, heart, and bronchus were 8.07 Gy (28.06, 13.17), 2.59 Gy (6.53, 1.18), 7.02 Gy (26.17, 12.32), 3.56 Gy (13.56, 4.48), 0.72 Gy (2.15, 0.91), 5.14 Gy (19.68, 8.62), and 10.56 Gy (36.08, 19.79), respectively. EUDs tended to decrease as the OAR-PTV distance increased and the OAR-PTV overlap volume decreased. Because the plans in this study were from a single department, relatively few people were involved in treatment planning. Differences in treatment results for a given patient would be much more pronounced if many departments were involved.
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