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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2019

Comparing phase- and amplitude-gated volumetric modulated arc therapy for stereotactic body radiation therapy using 3D printed lung phantom.

Minsik Lee, KyoungJun Yoon, Byungchul Cho, Su Ssan Kim, Si Yeol Song, Eun Kyung Choi, SeungDo Ahn, Sang-Wook Lee, JungWon Kwak

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Article in Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Minsik LeeDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
KyoungJun YoonDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Byungchul ChoDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Su Ssan KimDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Si Yeol SongDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun Kyung ChoiDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
SeungDo AhnDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Wook LeeDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
JungWon KwakDepartments of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
University of Ulsan · KRAsan Medical Center · KRUlsan College · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2015M2A2A6A02045252National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2015M2A2A6A02045253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo compare the dosimetric impact and treatment delivery efficacy of phase-gated volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) vs amplitude-gated VMAT for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for lung cancer by using realistic three-dimensional-printed phantoms.

methodsFour patient-specific moving lung phantoms that closely simulate the heterogeneity of lung tissue and breathing patterns were fabricated with four planning computed tomography (CT) images for lung SBRT cases. The phantoms were designed to be bisected for the measurement of two-dimensional dose distributions by using EBT3 dosimetry film. The dosimetric accuracy of treatment under respiratory motion was analyzed with the gamma index (2%/1 mm) between the plan dose and film dose measured under phase- and amplitude-gated VMAT. For the validation of the direct usage of the real-time position management (RPM) data for respiratory motion, the relationship between the RPM signal and the diaphragm position was measured by four-dimensional CT. By using data recorded during the beam delivery of both phase- and amplitude-gated VMAT, the total time intervals were compared for each treatment mode.

resultsFilm dosimetry showed a 5.2 ± 4.2% difference of gamma passing rate (2%/1 mm) on average between the phase- vs amplitude-gated VMAT [77.7% (72.7%-85.9%) for the phase mode and 82.9% (81.4%-86.2%) for the amplitude mode]. For delivery efficiency, frequent interruptions were observed during the phase-gated VMAT, which stopped the beam delivery and required a certain amount of time before resuming the beam. This abnormality in phase-gated VMAT caused a prolonged treatment delivery time of 366 s compared with 183 s for amplitude-gated VMAT.

conclusionsConsidering the dosimetric accuracy and delivery efficacy between the gating methods, amplitude mode is superior to phase mode for gated VMAT treatment.

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Phantoms, ImagingFour-Dimensional Computed TomographyHumansLung NeoplasmsMovementOrgans at RiskPrinting, Three-DimensionalRadiosurgeryRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRespiration3D print4D lung phantomamplitude-gated VMATlung SBRTphase-gated VMAT

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PMID30667581
PMCPMC6371017
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