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SPECT in Radiotherapy PlanningSPECT in Radiotherapy PlanningExperience at the WBRCExperience at the WBRC
Ryan Smith
William Buckland Radiotherapy Centre
The Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Australia.
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OverviewOverview
• The WBRC & The Alfred NM Department
• Radiotherapy Treatment Planning
• SPECT in Radiotherapy
• Phantom Tests
• SPECT Treatment
• Future
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The William Buckland RadiotherapyThe William Buckland Radiotherapy
CentreCentreExternal Beam :
2 x Varian 21EX (EPI, MLC, etc)
1 x Varian 2100C (EPI. MLC, etc)
1 x Varian 600C (BrainLAB mMLC, EPI, etc)
Stereotactic Radiosurgery / Radiotherapy Program
GE Fxi Single Slice CT
Brachytherapy :
Nucletron HDR (~ 50 prostate patients per annum)
I-125 Seed Program (~70 prostate patients per annum)
RT Planning Systems :
Varian Eclipse
Nucletron PLATO
BrainLAB Brainscan
Radionics XKNIFE
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The Alfred Nuclear Medicine DepartmentThe Alfred Nuclear Medicine Department
GE Discovery VH Integrated Hybrid SPECT-PET/CT System
Duel-head PET & SPECT camera
1”(25.4mm) thick NaI Crystal
Energy Range 40 – 520keV
10mm slice CT “low-dose” scanner
Image FOV 450mm
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Radiotherapy Treatment PlanningRadiotherapy Treatment Planning
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SPECT in RadiotherapySPECT in RadiotherapyLUNG CANCER
SPECT Lung Perfusion scans provide in 3-D the functionality of lung tissue, and may providefeedback to the RT planner as to where to place treatment beams to avoid this high perfusionzone.
A study from the Duke University showed that SPECT was useful in detecting 48% of patientswith hypoperfused regions. In 11% of patients, the RT beams were moved to avoid highlyfunctional lung tissue.
BRAIN
Hamilton et al, from the University of Chicago have used functional areas of the brain, providedby SPECT to design treatments that spare ‘functional’ regions in the treatment of brain tumors.
Iodine-123-alpha-methyl-L-tyrrosine (IMT) is an amino acid that has been shown to be activelyaccumulated in brain tumors and not in normal brain tissue. IMT uptake in the brain can bevisualised by SPECT.
Grosu et al, Munich, 30 patients studied with non-resected glioma, found that 23% had IMT tumoruptake 2cm outside the GTV volume defined by a T2 weighted MRI. Suggests that IMT-SPECTimaging may result in target modifications compared to when planned with MRI alone.
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
Test the connectivity of the NM and RT Planning system
File format, data transfer and RT system worth
Test the RT image fusion, Co-registration status
Assess the localisation methods
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
RANDO Head Phantom
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
Localisation
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
Localisation
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Phantom TestsPhantom TestsLocalisation
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
SPECT / CT Scan
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Phantom TestsPhantom TestsRadiotherapy CT Scan
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Phantom TestsPhantom Tests
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Phantom TestsPhantom TestsImage Sets
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Co-registered Data SetsCo-registered Data Sets
Re-sampled CT axial ---------- SPECT data set (128 slices)
Slice to slice equivalence.
z positions match.
zz
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Data FormatsData Formats
Multi-Frame Image File
Single Image File
DICOM
Vendor Specific
TIFF
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RT Planning System Image ImportRT Planning System Image Import
Axial, No Gantry Tilt DICOM, Vendor Specific(FIlter)CT
MR Axial, Cor., Sag., DICOM, Vendor Specific(FIlter)
SPECT
PET
Axial, Cor., Sag., DICOM + Function Image
Support (Multi-Frame)
Co
Reg.Axial DICOM + (?)
Share DICOM origin ?
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RT Image Import Work-aroundRT Image Import Work-aroundConvert the multi-frame single image SPECT data sets intomultiple single CT image files
Unique Identifier(UID) – Service-Object Pair Class (SOP Class)
UID 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.20
UID 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2
Extreme caution:
Ensure Image orientation is maintained
Pixel scaling is not compromised
Grey scale levels are not re-sampled
Patient information is not lost or switched
http://www.rsna.org/Technology/DICOM/intro/
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Planning SystemPlanning System
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Planning SystemPlanning System
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Planning SystemPlanning System
Proposed alignment method of co-registered data sets
Fuse Anatomical
pairs
Fiducial Markers
Transform
Matrix
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Blended ResultBlended Result
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DICOM ToolsDICOM Tools
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SPECT TreatmentSPECT TreatmentPATIENT :
1998 presented with severe epilepsy
Front right hemispherectomy, cavity filled with
prosthesis
5 to 10 events per day (vague & slow)
left arm seizure, no loss of consciousness
Not living independently
Referral from Royal Melb. Hosp., provided co-
registered MRI & SPECT data
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Patient Data SetsPatient Data Sets
Co-registered data sets in a vendor specific format.
Re-sampled & formatted into DICOM Coronal and Axial.
Trevor Ackerly – PMCI, Melbourne.
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Patient Data SetsPatient Data Sets
FusionFusion
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CT CT –– MR Fusion MR Fusion
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Transform MatrixTransform Matrix
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CT CT –– SPECT Fusion SPECT Fusion
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Target Definition : How to define target?Target Definition : How to define target?
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Treatment PlanningTreatment Planning
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Treatment PlanningTreatment PlanningTREATMENT :
June 2003
20Gy to 80% isodose
1.5cm circular collimator
7 Arc Beams
1 to 3 events per day
less intense seizures
reduced anit-epileptic med.
Now living on his own
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Patient SetupPatient Setup
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Patient SetupPatient Setup
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FutureFuture
Overcome the data transfer issues with the external beamplanning system.
Simplify the data conversion process :
Dedicated Workstation
In-house software
Vendor Specific Import filter
Integrate PET (SPECT) data into regular virtual simulationsessions.
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PointsPointsCo-registered data
transfer and incorporation into RT planning systems
Window Width/Level determination for target definition in
RT planning systems
Localisation systems used and patient setup
Acknowledgments:
Mr Bruce Van Every, Physicist, The Alfred NM Dept.