机构:[1]School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China.[2]Department of Radiation Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510060, China.[3]Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510405, China.深圳市中医院深圳医学信息中心
To verify the feasibility of our in-house developed multi-sequence magnetic resonance (MR)-generated synthetic computed tomography (sCT) for the accurate dose calculation and fractional positioning for head and neck MR-only radiation therapy (RT).Forty-five patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma were retrospectively studied. By applying our previously in-house developed network, a patient's sCT can rapidly be generated with respect to feeding the sole T1 image, T1C image, T1DixonC image, T2 image, and their combination respectively (five pipelines in total). A k(5)-fold strategy was implemented during model establishment. Dose recalculation was performed for each pipeline generation to attain a dosimetric feasibility evaluation. Fractional positioning evaluation was performed by calculating the digitally reconstructed radiograph (DRR) of the sCT and planning CT and their offset to the portal image.The dose mean absolute error values are (0.47±0.16)%, (0.48±0.15)% (p<0.05), (0.50±0.16)% (p<0.05), (0.50±0.15)% (p<0.05), and (0.45±0.16)% (p<0.05) for the T1, T1C, T1Dixon C, T2, and 4-channel generated sCT to the prescription dose, respectively. The 4-channel-generated sCT outperforms any other single-sequence pipelines. Among the single-sequence MR imaging-generated sCTs, the T1-generated shows the most accurate HU image quality and provide a reliable dose result. Quantified positioning errors with calculation of the difference to the planning CT offsets are (-0.26±0.50)mm, (-0.58±0.52)mm (p<0.05), (-0.27±0.57)mm (p>0.05), (-0.31±0.44)mm (p>0.05), and (-0.19±0.37)mm (p>0.05) at LNG and (0.34±0.53)mm, (0.48±0.56)mm (p>0.05), (0.55±0.56)mm (p>0.05), (0.37±0.61)mm (p>0.05), and (0.24±0.43)mm (p>0.05) at LAT of the anterior-posterior direction for the five pipelines.Multi-sequence MR-generated sCT allows for accurate dose calculation and fractional positioning for head and neck MR-only RT. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
基金:
Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research
Foundation, China (2021A1515012044), Guangzhou Science and Technology Foundation, China
(202102020968) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11805292).
第一作者机构:[1]School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China.
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通讯机构:[1]School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China.[*1]Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Qi Mengke,Li Yongbao,Wu Aiqian,et al.Multi-sequence MR generated sCT is promising for HNC MR-only RT: a comprehensive evaluation of previously developed sCT generation networks.[J].MEDICAL PHYSICS.2022,49(4):2150-2158.doi:10.1002/mp.15572.
APA:
Qi Mengke,Li Yongbao,Wu Aiqian,Lu Xingyu,Zhou Linghong&Song Ting.(2022).Multi-sequence MR generated sCT is promising for HNC MR-only RT: a comprehensive evaluation of previously developed sCT generation networks..MEDICAL PHYSICS,49,(4)
MLA:
Qi Mengke,et al."Multi-sequence MR generated sCT is promising for HNC MR-only RT: a comprehensive evaluation of previously developed sCT generation networks.".MEDICAL PHYSICS 49..4(2022):2150-2158