Aims and objectives
Recent advances in radiation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer has allowed for focal radiation therapy and reduction of normal tissue volume included in the planning [1,
2].
Moreover,
the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing has become an area of interest in the radiation therapy and medical physics community as a tool for quality assurance and/or patient treatment [3,
4].
The use of a novel MR-based 3D-printed prostate model insert in planning and delivering robotic prostate Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) with simultaneous integrated...
Methods and materials
A patient specific 3D-printed prostate model,
which included the prostate,
DIL,
seminal vesicles,
urethra,
neurovascular bundles,
penile bulb,
and rectum was generated from a combined T2-weighted/dynamic contrast enhanced MR Image.
The 3D-printed prostate model was placed in a water-filled insert and positioned in a cavity of an anthropomorphic pelvis phantom for CT-based planning (Figure 5 and 6).
A SBRT plan of non-coplanar and non-isocentric beams was generated using sequential optimization to have 36.25 Gy total (5 fractions of 7.25 Gy) cover the Planning Target Volume...
Results
Concordant with the RTOG0938 guidelines,
36.25 Gy covered 95% of the PTV volume,
and DIL had mean dose of 40.50 Gy,
and required OAR constraints were met.
Comparison of the delivered and planned dose distribution yielded 99.8% passing rates under Gamma criteria of 2%/2mm (Figure 8).
Conclusion
By including all relevant clinical and radiosensitive intra- and periprostatic structures,
the novel patient specific MRI-based 3D prostate/pelvic phantom offers a personalized,more accurate,
structure and target specific treatment planning,
superior to any other method that are currently available.
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