Radiation Oncology Journal

  • 제22권4호
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  • Pages.316-324
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  • 2004
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  • 2234-1900(pISSN)
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  • 2234-3156(eISSN)
대한방사선종양학회 (The Korean Society for Radiation Oncology)
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동 팬텀과 초음파 센서를 이용한 호흡운동 조절 방사선치료 기술 개발

Development of Respiration Gating RT Technique using Moving Phantom and Ultrasound Sensor: a feasibility study

  • 이석 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선종양학교실) ;
  • 이상훈 (국민건강보험공단 일산병원 방사선종양학과) ;
  • 신동호 (국립암센터 양성자센터) ;
  • 양대식 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선종양학교실) ;
  • 최명선 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선종양학교실) ;
  • 김철용 (고려대학교 의과대학 방사선종양학교실)
  • Lee Suk (Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center) ;
  • Lee Sang Hoon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Ilsan Hospital) ;
  • Shin Dongho (Center for Proton Therapy, National Cancer Center) ;
  • Yang Dae Sik (Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center) ;
  • Choi Myung Sun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center) ;
  • Kim Chul Yong (Department of Radiation Oncology, Korea University Medical Center)
  • 발행 : 2004.12.01
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목적 : 간 등의 상 복부에 위치한 종양의 방사선 조사 체적은 호흡에 의한 종양의 이동을 포함하기 때문에 방사선 조사 체적이 증가되어 방사선 독성 및 정상조직 선량이 증가하게 된다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해 동 팬텀과 초음파센서를 이용하여 호흡운동에 의한 환자 체표면의 움직임을 획득하고, 획득한 데이터의 역 값을 이용해 환자침대를 조절해줄 수 있는 호흡운동 조절 방사선치료 기술을 개발하고자 한다. 대상 및 방법 : 호흡운동에 의한 환자 체표면의 움직임을 평가하기 위해 제작한 팬텀은 조정기(BS II, 20 Mhz, 8K Byte), 센서(Ultra-Sonic, range $3\~3$ m), Computer (RS232C), Sewo Motor (Torque 2.3 Kg) 등으로 구성하였고, 제어와 구동을 위한 획득-보정-분석 프로그램을 작성하였다. 최대 2 cm 범위 내에서 팬텀을 움직이게 하였고, 팬텀의 움직임과 보정이 순차적으로 일어나도록 프로그램하였으며, x, y, z가 연속적으로 움직이도록 구성하였다. 임의의 움직임 데이터(유격이 2 cm이 되도록 하여 3차원 데이터 형태)를 입력하여 동 팬텀을 조정하고, 동시에 팬텀 움직임을 초음파 센서를 이용하여 획득한 후, 두 데이터간의 비교, 분석을 시행하였다. 이후 쥐(Guinea-pig, about 500g)를 이용하여 호흡운동에 의한 환자 체표면의 움직임을 획득한 후 획득한 데이터의 역 값으로 팬텀을 구동시킴으로써 실시간 호흡운동 조절 방사선치료 기술을 평가하였다. 결과 : 팬텀 실험에서 3 차원 입력데이터에 대한 팬텀 보정 데이터간의 정확성을 시간에 대한 거리 값으로 비교한 결과 ${\pm}1\%$ 이내의 정확성을 알 수 있었고, 이에 필요한 보정시간은 $2.34{times}10^{-4}$초임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 동물 실험에서도 동일한 방법으로 시간에 대한 거리 그래프와 획득-보정간의 지연 시간 등을 분석한 결과 팬텀 데이터와 같은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 결론 : 팬텀, 동물 실험 모두에서 시간에 대한 거리 값과 각각의 경우에 획득-보정간의 지연 시간을 분석한 결과 데이터 값은 ${\pm}1\%$ 이내에서 일치하였으며, 데이터 획득-보정 지연 시간은 2.34H10-4 초 이내 즉, 실시간으로 얻을 수 있어 새로운 호흡운동 조절 방사선치료 기술의 임상적용에의 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

Purpose : In radiotherapy of tumors in liver, enough planning target volume (PTV) margins are necessary to compensate breathing-related movement of tumor volumes. To overcome the problems, this study aims to obtain patients' body movements by using a moving phantom and an ultrasonic sensor, and to develop respiration sating techniques that can adjust patients' beds by using reversed values of the data obtained. Materials and Methods : The phantom made to measure patients' body movements is composed of a microprocessor (BS II, 20 MHz, 8K Byte), a sensor (Ultra-Sonic, range $3\~3$ m), host computer (RS232C) and stepping motor (torque 2.3 Kg) etc., and the program to control and operate it was developed. The program allows the phantom to move within the maximum range of 2 cm, its movements and corrections to take place In order, and x, y and z to move successively. After the moving phantom was adjusted by entering random movement data (three dimensional data form with distance of 2 cm), and the phantom movements were acquired using the ultra sonic sensor, the two data were compared and analyzed. And then, after the movements by respiration were acquired by using guinea pigs, the real-time respiration gating techniques were drawn by operating the phantom with the reversed values of the data. Results : The result of analyzing the acquisition-correction delay time the three types of data values and about each value separately shows that the data values coincided with one another within $1\%$ and that the acquisition-correction delay time was obtained real-time $(2.34{\times}10^{-4}sec)$. Conclusion : This study successfully confirms the clinic application possibility of respiration gating techniques by using a moving phantom and an ultrasonic sensor. With ongoing development of additional analysis system, which can be used in real-time set-up reproducibility analysis, it may be beneficially used in radiotherapy of moving tumors.

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