8/4/216 Electron Beam ET - Reloaded Therapy - Reloaded Qiuwen Wu, Ph.D. Department of Radiation Oncology Duke University 1 Introduction: e vs. γ vs. p Electron Photon Proton Depth dose and lateral profiles Suitable for superficial tumors Requires collimation close to skin Clinical e unchanged for decades and underutilized in cancer radiotherapy ~ 15% utilization EAT Electron Arc Therapy Electron beam delivered in partial arc Modifications to linac/cone and TPS Shortened cone Different PDDs Cutout shape Patient-specific cast/shield and bolus Primarily for chest wall irradiation Univ. of Utah Leavitt 1985 Electron ARC therapy: physical measurement and treatment planning techniques IJROBP 11 McNeely 1988 Electron arc therapy: chest wall irradiation of breast cancer patients IJROBP 14(6) 1
8/4/216 ECT Electron Conformal Therapy One or a few electron beams Bolus electron conformal therapy Tissue equivalent Modulate electron energy Keep PTV within 9% isodose volume Minimize dose to distal/underlying critical structures and normal tissue Perkins 21 A custom three-dimensional electron bolus technique for optimization of postmastectomy irradiation IJROBP51 MERT Modulated Electron Radiotherapy Multiple electron beams Energy modulation Bolus or energy selection Intensity modulation Cutout emlc pmlc Scanning beam Standard MERT : 6 MV e : 6 / 9 / 12 MeV 12 segments Henzen et al 214 Beamlet based direct aperture optimization for MERT using a photon MLC. Med Phys, 41 Henzen et al 214 Monte Carlo based beam model using photon MLC for modulated electron radiotherapy. Med Phys, 41 DEAR Dynamic Electron Arc Radiotherapy Electron radiation is delivered in ARC mode Electron applicator and cut-out are kept to provide lateral beam constriction Treatment couch is in simultaneous motion with gantry rotation to prevent collision. Beam always normal to skin and SSD = 1 cm Couch motion, gantry rotation, and dose rate are modulated to produce desirable dose distributions Rodrigues, Yin, and Wu. "Dynamic Electron Arc Radiotherapy (DEAR): a feasibility study", Phys Med Biol, 214. 59(2) 2
8/4/216 DEAR design DEAR design Gantry Couch Plan comparison: chest wall phantom DEAR Photons DEAR: 6, 9, 12 MeV. Photons: 6X, tangent, no wedge 3
Gantry Angle (deg) Couch LAT pos (cm) Couch VRT pos (cm) 8/4/216 DEAR delivery DEAR delivery demo Room View Patient View Gantry and couch motion Position 5 4 Speed -5 1 Gantry Angle(deg) Expected Actual 3 2 1.4 Gantry Rot (deg/s) Expected Actual -1 Couch VRT (cm).2-2 -3 -.2 -.4 Couch VRT (cm/s) -4 -.6-5 -1-15 Couch LAT (cm) -.2 -.4 -.6 Couch LAT (cm/s) -2 5 1 15 2 Dose (MU) -.8 5 1 15 2 25 3 Time (s) 4
Dose Rate (MU/min) Dose (MU) Couch VRT pos (cm) Couch LAT pos (cm) Dose Rate (MU/min) 8/4/216 Beam hold 2 15 1 5 Dose (MU) Beam Hold Beam Hold Expected Actual 14 135 13 125 Couch VRT (cm) 12 11 15 1 Couch LAT (cm) 95 5 1 15 2 25 Time (s) Dose rate modulation 7 6e 7 6x 6 Actual 6 5 Expected 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 6 8 1 12 Time (s) stdev = 1.6 MU/min 2 4 6 8 1 12 Time (s) stdev =.2 MU/min Dosimetry: 6e on cylindrical phantom depth 1.5 cm Static (16x1 cm 2,G=⁰) DEAR (3x1 cm 2,G=315-45⁰) 4.2 1.9 1.2 1.3 5
8/4/216 Virtual scanning mode 6 MeV electron D=1cm cutout CR film 148 CP (7MU/CP) Beam hold (D->e) Potential DEAR case Need for fine energy resolution Photons DEAR 6
8/4/216 Small field electron beam dosimetry Small field electron beam dosimetry Composite dose map 6 MeV 1x1 cm 2 kernel Small field dosimetry 6 MeV 1x1 cm 2 PDD 7
Technology Complexity 8/4/216 Small field dosimetry 16 MeV 1x1 cm 2 PDD DEAR Summary Advantages Uniform dose distributions over large and curved targets while maintaining narrow penumbra Treated area > cone size DEAR delivery Fixed cone/cutout DEAR delivery has high accuracy Expected and actual plans agree very well Trajectory log file can be used as a QC tool Dosimetry Challenges Small field dosimetry Not ready in clinical operation Couch motion Coarse energy selection Bolus Planning tools Forward and inverse optimization Dynamic delivery collimators Motorized electron collimator (MEC) Electron MLC (emlc) QA Tools Summary: e vs. γ FFF VMAT IMRT ARC 3DCRT Photons SFF DEAR MERT EAT ECT Electrons VMATe 3D Printing 8
8/4/216 Prototype emlc Eley, J. G., K. R. Hogstrom, et al. (211). "Potential of discrete Gaussian edge feathering method for improving abutment dosimetry in emlc-delivered segmented-field electron conformal therapy." Medical Physics 38(12): 661-6622. Looking to the Future Antolak Commercial emlc Gauer, T., D. Albers, et al. (26). "Design of a computer-controlled multileaf collimator for advanced electron radiotherapy." Physics in medicine and biology 51(23): 5987-63. http://euromechanics.com/e_emlc.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=66&v=fbbbhrrjbg Antolak 9
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