Poster — Thur Eve — 12: Implementation of a Clinical Lung Tumour High Dose Containment Verification Procedure using Respiratory Cone‐Beam CT (4DCBCT) on a Varian TrueBeam Linac

Abstract

Lung tumours move due to respiratory motion. This is managed during planning by acquiring a 4DCT and capturing the excursion of the GTV (gross tumour volume) throughout the breathing cycle within an IGTV (Internal Gross Tumour Volume) contour. Patients undergo a verification cone‐beam CT (CBCT) scan immediately prior to treatment. 3D reconstructed images do not consider tumour motion, resulting in image artefacts, such as blurring. This may lead to difficulty in identifying the tumour on reconstructed images. It would be valuable to create a 4DCBCT reconstruction of the tumour motion to confirm that does indeed remain within the planned IGTV. CBCT projections of a Quasar Respiratory Motion Phantom are acquired in Treatment mode (half‐fan scan) on a Varian TrueBeam accelerator. This phantom contains a mobile, low‐density lung insert with an embedded 3cm diameter tumour object. It is programmed to create a 15s periodic, 2cm (sup/inf) displacement. A Varian Real‐time Position Management (RPM) tracking‐box is placed on the phantom breathing platform. Breathing phase information is automatically integrated into the projection image files. Using in‐house Matlab programs and RTK (Reconstruction Tool Kit) open‐source toolboxes, the projections are re‐binned into 10 phases and a 4DCBCT scan reconstructed. The planning IGTV is registered to the 4DCBCT and the tumour excursion is verified to remain within the planned contour. This technique successfully reconstructs 4DCBCT images using clinical modes for a breathing phantom. UBC‐BCCA ethics approval has been obtained to perform 4DCBCT reconstructions on lung patients (REB#H12‐00192). Clinical images will be accrued starting April 2014.