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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze the rotational errors of roll, pitch, and yaw in the whole breast cancer treated by the three-dimensional radiation therapy (3D-CRT) using TomoDirect (TD). Twenty-patient previously treated with TD 3D-CRT was selected. We performed a retrospective clinical analysis based on 80 images of megavoltage computed tomography (MVCT) including the systematic and random variation with patient setup errors and treatment setup margin (mm). In addition, a rotational error (degree) for each patient was analyzed using the automatic image registration. The treatment margin of X, Y, and Z directions were 4.2 mm, 6.2 mm, and 6.4 mm, respectively. The mean value of the rotational error for roll, pitch, and yaw were 0.3°, 0.5°, 0.1°, and all of systematic and random error was within 1.0°. The errors of patient positioning with the Y and Z directions have generally been mainly higher than the X direction. The percentage in treatment fractions in less than 2° at roll, pitch, and yaw are 95.1%, 98.8%, and 97.5%, respectively. However, the edge of upper and lower (i.e., bottom) based on the center of therapy region (point) will quite a possibility that it is expected to twist even longer as the length of treatment region. The patient-specific characters should be considered for the accuracy and reproducibility of treatment and it is necessary to confirm periodically the rotational errors, including patient repositioning and repeating MVCT scan.
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Fig. 1.
Percentage of distribution in treatment fractions of the rotational errors in overall patients that roll, pitch, and yaw in less than 2°are 95.1%, 98.8%, and 97.5%, respectively.
Table 1.
Patient setup errors and calculated treatment setup margin (mm) for 20 breast cancer.
Table 2.
Magnitude of the translational and rotational adjustment by the automatic image registration.
Table 3.
Correlations between the translational and rotational adjustment of 20 patients.
| Inter-construct correlations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directions | ||||||
| Directions | X | Y | Z | Roll | Pitch | Yaw |
| X | 1.00 | |||||
| Y | 0.01 | 1.00 | ||||
| Z － | －0.05 | －0.04 | 1.00 | |||
| Roll | 0.07 | －0.26∗ | 0.09 | 1.00 | ||
| Pitch Yaw － | 0.13 －0.30† | －0.34† 0.24∗ | 0.30† －0.06 | 0.30† －0.22 | 1.00 －0.28∗ | 1.00 |
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