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ArticleEJNMMI physics2024

DosePatch: physics-inspired cropping layout for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations to provide fast and accurate internal dosimetry.

Francesca De Benetti, Julia Brosch-Lenz, Jorge Mario Guerra González, Carlos Uribe, Matthias Eiber, Nassir Navab, Thomas Wendler

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Francesca De BenettiChair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
Julia Brosch-LenzDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Jorge Mario Guerra GonzálezChair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
Carlos UribeDepartment of Integrative Oncology, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada.
Matthias EiberDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Nassir NavabChair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.
Thomas WendlerChair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany. thomas.wendler@med.uni-augsburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0915-0510

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Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Verkehr und Technologie DIK0127/02Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BiTSPro 13GW0357 ACanadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) RN461359 - 46875Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) RGPIN-2021-02965 (CU)
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Abstract

backgroundDosimetry-based personalized therapy was shown to have clinical benefits e.g. in liver selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT). Yet, there is no consensus about its introduction into clinical practice, mainly as Monte Carlo simulations (gold standard for dosimetry) involve massive computation time. We addressed the problem of computation time and tested a patch-based approach for Monte Carlo simulations for internal dosimetry to improve parallelization. We introduce a physics-inspired cropping layout for patch-based MC dosimetry, and compare it to cropping layouts of the literature as well as dosimetry using organ-S-values, and dose kernels, taking whole-body Monte Carlo simulations as ground truth. This was evaluated in five patients receiving Yttrium-90 liver SIRT.

resultsThe patch-based Monte Carlo approach yielded the closest results to the ground truth, making it a valid alternative to the conventional approach. Our physics-inspired cropping layout and mosaicking scheme yielded a voxel-wise error of < 2% compared to whole-body Monte Carlo in soft tissue, while requiring only

conclusionsThis work demonstrates the feasibility and accuracy of physics-inspired cropping layouts for patch-based Monte Carlo simulations.

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Dose kernelsDosimetryMonte Carlo simulationsOrgan-S-valuesSIRT

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PMID38922372
PMCPMC11208390

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