Role of beam orientation optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy

被引:123
作者
Pugachev, A [1 ]
Li, JG [1 ]
Boyer, AL [1 ]
Hancock, SL [1 ]
Le, QT [1 ]
Donaldson, SS [1 ]
Xing, L [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Dept Radiat Oncol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS | 2001年 / 50卷 / 02期
关键词
IMRT; inverse planning; intensity modulation; optimization; beam orientation;
D O I
10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01502-4
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Purpose: To investigate the role of beam orientation optimization in intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and to examine the potential benefits of noncoplanar intensity-modulated beams. Methods and Materials: A beam orientation optimization algorithm was implemented. For this purpose, system variables were divided into two groups: beam position (gantry and table angles) and beam profile (beamlet weights). Simulated annealing was used for beam orientation optimization and the simultaneous iterative inverse treatment planning algorithm (SIITP) for beam intensity profile optimization. Three clinical cases were studied: a localized prostate cancer, a nasopharyngeal cancer, and a paraspinal tumor. Nine fields were used for all treatments. For each case, 3 types of treatment plan optimization were performed: (1) beam intensity profiles were optimized for 9 equiangular spaced coplanar beams; (2) orientations and intensity profiles were optimized for 9 coplanar beams; (3) orientations and intensity profiles were optimized for 9 noncoplanar beams. Results: For the localized prostate case, all 3 types of optimization described above resulted in dose distributions of a similar quality. For the nasopharynx case, optimized noncoplanar beams provided a significant gain in the gross tumor volume coverage. For the paraspinal case, orientation optimization using noncoplanar beams resulted in better kidney sparing and improved gross tumor volume coverage. Conclusion: The sensitivity of an IMRT treatment plan with respect to the selection of beam orientations varies from site to site. For some cases, the choice of beam orientations is important even when the number of beams is as large as 9, Noncoplanar beams provide an additional degree of freedom for IMRT treatment optimization and may allow for notable improvement in the quality of some complicated plans. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc.
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页数:10
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