Abstract:
Stereotactic Aberrative Body Radiation (SABR) requires very high accuracy to deliver the radiation to the target accurately But, the motion of surrounding organs may reduce the efficiency and increase uncertainties, especially for target located in the lungs of patients. Therefore, various motion management techniques have been adopted to assist in radiation delivery. Currently, Real-Time Motion Tracking (RTMT) techniques are widely popular because they enhance the accuracy of radiation delivery and reduce radiation doses to surrounding tissues. Therefore, Tomotherapy has integrated RTMT techniques by adjusting the beam position to correspond with target motion. This study aims to examine the performance and accuracy of the RTMT system in the context of lung cancer using clinical respiratory data from patients in combination with SABR techniques. To analyze the performance of the system, six treatment plans were randomly selected, with an average Planning Target Volume (PTV) of 10.2 ± 7.8 cm³. Each plan was randomly paired with 10 respiratory patterns out of 15 breathing patterns obtained from Surface Guided Radiotherapy systems. Patient-specific quality assurance was conducted using a two-dimensional diode array dosimeter (SRS MapCHECK®) under two conditions: static target motion and moving target motion was simulated by the Dynamic Motion Platform. The RTMT system performance was evaluated using Gamma Passing Rate (GPR) analysis with gamma criteria of 2%/1mm, 2%/2mm, 2%/3mm, 3%/1mm, and 3%/2mm. Additionally, also analyzed factors potentially influencing GPR values, including respiratory frequency with an average of 22.6 ± 6.0 cycles per minute and target traveling distance with an average of 7.5 ± 2.7 millimeters.The results of the study when analyzing the GPR values using Global Normalization for a static target motion found that the GPR values were high, more than 99% GPR in all criteria. In case of moving targets showed 97.9 ± 2.4%, 99.2 ± 1.1%, 99.6 ± 0.6%, 99.9 ± 0.6%, and 100.0 ± 0.2%, respectively. In Local Normalization, static targets showed GPR values of 89.4±7.1%, 98.4 ± 1.7%, 99.6 ± 0.5%, 93.5 ± 5.1%, and 100.0 ± 0.0%, whereas moving targets showed 87.3 ± 6.1%, 97.8 ± 2.0%, 99.4 ± 0.7%, 91.4 ± 4.7%, and 99.4 ± 0.9%. These results indicated a decreasing trend in GPR values with more strict gamma criteria. However, statistical analysis did not find a significant correlation between GPR values and target traveling distance or respiratory frequency. Thus, it can be concluded that the RTMT system in Tomotherapy has a accuracy in target tracking for radiation doses with a distance-to-agreement of not less than 2 mm when setting the potential difference parameter at 3 millimeters.