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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2022

The application of multiple metrics in deformable image registration for target volume delineation of breast tumor bed.

Xin Xie, Yuchun Song, Feng Ye, Hui Yan, Shulian Wang, Xinming Zhao, Jianrong Dai

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Xin XieDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yuchun SongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Feng YeDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Hui YanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Shulian WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Xinming ZhaoDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jianrong DaiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Funding

Beijing Hope Run Special Fund of Cancer Foundation of China LC2018A08Beijing Hope Run Special Fund of Cancer Foundation of China LC2020L01National Natural Science Foundation of China 11875320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeFor postoperative breast cancer patients, deformable image registration (DIR) is challenged due to the large deformations and non-correspondence caused by tumor resection and clip insertion. To deal with it, three metrics (fiducial-, region-, and intensity-based) were jointly used in DIR algorithm for improved accuracy. MATERIALS AND

methodsThree types of metrics were combined to form a single-objective function in DIR algorithm. Fiducial-based metric was used to minimize the distance between the corresponding point sets of two images. Region-based metric was used to improve the overlap between the corresponding areas of two images. Intensity-based metric was used to maximize the correlation between the corresponding voxel intensities of two images. The two CT images, one before surgery and the other after surgery, were acquired from the same patient in the same radiotherapy treatment position. Twenty patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery and postoperative radiotherapy were enrolled in this study.

resultsFor target registration error, the difference between the proposed and the conventional registration methods was statistically significant for soft tissue (2.06 vs. 7.82, p = 0.00024 < 0.05) and body boundary (3.70 vs. 6.93, p = 0.021 < 0.05). For visual assessment, the proposed method achieved better matching result for soft tissue and body boundary.

conclusionsComparing to the conventional method, the registration accuracy of the proposed method was significantly improved. This method provided a feasible way for target volume delineation of tumor bed in postoperative radiotherapy of breast cancer patients.

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AlgorithmsBreast NeoplasmsFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMastectomy, SegmentalRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisteddeformable image registrationpostoperative radiotherapytarget volume delineationtumor bed

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PMCPMC9797164

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