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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2019

A novel auto-positioning method in Iodine-125 seed brachytherapy driven by preoperative planning.

Xiaodong Ma, Zhiyong Yang, Shan Jiang, Guobin Zhang, Shude Chai

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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 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaodong MaCentre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Zhiyong YangCentre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Shan JiangCentre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Guobin ZhangCentre for Advanced Mechanisms and Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Shude ChaiDepartment of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China.
Tianjin University · CNSecond Hospital of Tianjin Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 5171101938National Natural Science Foundation of China 51775368Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province 2017B020210004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iodine-125 seed brachytherapy has great potential in the treatment of malignant tumors. However, the success of this treatment is highly dependent on the ability to accurately position the coplanar template. The aim of this study was to develop an auto-positioning system for the template with a design focus on efficiency and accuracy. In this study, an auto-positioning system was presented, which was composed of a treatment planning system (TPS) and a robot-assisted system. The TPS was developed as a control system for the robot-assisted system. Then, the robot-assisted system was driven by the output of the TPS to position the template. Contrast experiments for error validation were carried out in a computed tomography environment to compare with the traditional positioning method (TPM). Animal experiments on Sprague-Dawley rats were also carried out to evaluate the auto-positioning system. The error validation experiments and animal experiments with this auto-positioning system were successfully carried out with improved efficiency and accuracy. The error validation experiments achieved a positioning error of 1.04 ± 0.19 mm and a positioning time of 23.15 ± 2.52 min, demonstrating a great improvement compared with the TPM (2.55 ± 0.21 mm and 40.35 ± 2.99 min, respectively). The animal experiments demonstrated that the mean deviation of the seed position was 0.75 mm. The dose-volume histogram of the preoperative planning showed the same as the postoperative dosimetry validation. A novel auto-positioning system driven by preoperative planning was established, which exhibited higher efficiency and accuracy compared with the TPM.

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AlgorithmsPreoperative CareAnimalsBrachytherapyIodine RadioisotopesMaleMonte Carlo MethodRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedRadiotherapy Setup ErrorsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySoftwareTissue DistributionIodine-125Iodine Radioisotopesauto-positioningiodine-125 seed brachytherapypreoperative planningtreatment planning system

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PMID31017371
PMCPMC6560314
OpenAlexW2942304479

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