Determining Simple and Effective Cost Functions for an Efficient Volumetric-Modulated Arcs-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Single Brain Metastases Using Monaco® Planning System.

Kazuhiro Ohtakara, Kojiro Suzuki

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Kazuhiro OhtakaraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Kainan Hospital Aichi Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, JPN.

Kojiro SuzukiDepartment of Radiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, JPN.

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Introduction Volumetric-modulated arcs (VMA) can produce dose distributions suitable for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with a multi-leaf collimator (MLC) for brain metastases (BMs). The treatment planning and verification for VMA are more complicated than for dynamic conformal arcs. The longer the preparation time from image acquisition to the start of irradiation, the higher the risk of tumor growth and/or displacement. This planning study aimed to exploit the simple and effective cost function (CF) for establishing semi-automatic efficient VMA optimization for SRS of single BMs. Materials and methods The study population included 30 clinical BMs with a gross tumor volume (GTV) of 0.72-44.30 cc (median 9.81 cc) and a depth of 20-79 mm (median 41 mm). The treatment platform included a 5-mm leaf-width MLC Agility

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brain metastasiscost functiondose conformitydose distributiondose gradientdose inhomogeneitymultileaf collimatorstereotactic radiosurgerytumor locationvolumetric-modulated arc therapy

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PMID39479057

DOI10.7759/cureus.70560

PMCPMC11524606

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