Prediction of target position from multiple fiducial markers by partial least squares regression in real-time tumor-tracking radiation therapy.
J Radiat Res
; 62(5): 926-933, 2021 Sep 13.
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The purpose of this work is to show the usefulness of a prediction method of tumor location based on partial least squares regression (PLSR) using multiple fiducial markers. The trajectory data of respiratory motion of four internal fiducial markers inserted in lungs were used for the analysis. The position of one of the four markers was assumed to be the tumor position and was predicted by other three fiducial markers. Regression coefficients for prediction of the position of the tumor-assumed marker from the fiducial markers' positions is derived by PLSR. The tracking error and the gating error were evaluated assuming two possible variations. First, the variation of the position definition of the tumor and the markers on treatment planning computed tomograhy (CT) images. Second, the intra-fractional anatomical variation which leads the distance change between the tumor and markers during the course of treatment. For comparison, rigid predictions and ordinally multiple linear regression (MLR) predictions were also evaluated. The tracking and gating errors of PLSR prediction were smaller than those of other prediction methods. Ninety-fifth percentile of tracking/gating error in all trials were 3.7/4.1 mm, respectively in PLSR prediction for superior-inferior direction. The results suggested that PLSR prediction was robust to variations, and clinically applicable accuracy could be achievable for targeting tumors.
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Sistemas Computacionais
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Processamento de Imagem Assistida por Computador
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Análise dos Mínimos Quadrados
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Radiografia Intervencionista
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Imageamento Tridimensional
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Tomografia Computadorizada Quadridimensional
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Marcadores Fiduciais
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Neoplasias
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2021
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