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SU‐F‐J‐188: Clinical Implementation of in Room Mobile CT for Image Guided Proton Therapy
Author(s) -
Li H,
Wu R,
Poenisch F,
Zhang L,
Palmer M,
Gautam A,
Sahoo N,
Zhang X,
Balter P,
Gillin M,
Gunn B,
Frank S,
Zhu X
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4956096
Subject(s) - isocenter , imaging phantom , proton therapy , nuclear medicine , computed tomography , computer science , medicine , medical physics , radiology , radiation therapy
Purpose: To implement soft‐tissue image‐guided proton therapy using inroom mobile CT. Methods: Anthropomorphic phantom was first used to determine the setup accuracy using in‐ room mobile CT. Laser and bbs were used for the initial setup (marked isocenter). CT data was then acquired with in‐room mobile CT (daily CT). The shift between the marked isocenter and the planned isocenter (final isocenter) was determined from the daily CT using in‐house Computer Assisted Targeting (CAT) software. Orthogonal DRRs of the day was also generated from the daily CT. The phantom was then transferred on the treatment couch top to the treatment machine using a transportation system, and again aligned to the marked isocenter. Couch shifts were made to align the phantom to the final isocenter using the shifts as determined using the CAT software, and verified using orthogonal X‐ray images with the daily DRRs. Results: Phantom data suggests that following the setup procedure as described above, targeting accuracy could be within 1 mm. Patient data are being acquired and analyzed. Conclusion: In‐room mobile CT is capable of providing soft‐tissue image‐guided proton therapy.