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This document discusses the management of respiratory motion in radiation therapy. It introduces intrafraction motion as an important factor in image-guided radiotherapy. Of the respiratory, skeletal, cardiac and gastrointestinal systems that can cause intrafraction motion, most research has focused on accounting for respiratory motion. The document then describes several methods to explicitly account for respiratory motion during radiotherapy planning and treatment, including respiratory gating, breath-hold techniques like Active Breathing Control (ABC), and real-time tumor tracking. ABC is explained as a noninvasive technique that uses a spirometer and visual feedback to help patients perform repeated, reproducible breath-holds.
This document discusses the management of respiratory motion in radiation therapy. It introduces intrafraction motion as an important factor in image-guided radiotherapy. Of the respiratory, skeletal, cardiac and gastrointestinal systems that can cause intrafraction motion, most research has focused on accounting for respiratory motion. The document then describes several methods to explicitly account for respiratory motion during radiotherapy planning and treatment, including respiratory gating, breath-hold techniques like Active Breathing Control (ABC), and real-time tumor tracking. ABC is explained as a noninvasive technique that uses a spirometer and visual feedback to help patients perform repeated, reproducible breath-holds.
This document discusses the management of respiratory motion in radiation therapy. It introduces intrafraction motion as an important factor in image-guided radiotherapy. Of the respiratory, skeletal, cardiac and gastrointestinal systems that can cause intrafraction motion, most research has focused on accounting for respiratory motion. The document then describes several methods to explicitly account for respiratory motion during radiotherapy planning and treatment, including respiratory gating, breath-hold techniques like Active Breathing Control (ABC), and real-time tumor tracking. ABC is explained as a noninvasive technique that uses a spirometer and visual feedback to help patients perform repeated, reproducible breath-holds.
RADIOTHERAPY TECHNOLOGIST . MAZUMDAR SHAW CANCER CENTER
INTRODUCTION
Intrafraction motion is becoming increasingly
important in the era of image-guided Radiotherapy. Intrafraction motion can be caused by the respiratory, skeletal muscular, cardiac and Gastrointestinal systems. Of these four systems, most of the research and development to date has been directed towards accounting for respiratory motion.
PROBLEMS OF RESPIRATORY MOTION
DURING RADIOTHERAPY A.
Image acquisition limitations
B.
Treatment planning limitations
C.
Radiation delivery limitations
METHODS TO EXPLICITLY ACCOUNT
FOR RESPIRATORY MOTION IN RADIOTHERAPY
A. Respiratory gating methods
B. Breath-hold methods 1. Deep inspiration breath-hold 2. Active Breathing Control 3. Self-held breath-hold 4. Self-held breath-hold using an External Marker C. Forced shallow breathing methods D. Real-time tumor tracking methods
What is ABC?
Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) is a noninvasive,
advanced technology that helps patients hold their breath while they receive radiation therapy
The concept of ABC was developed by Dr John Wong at William
Beaumont Hospital (WBH) in 1997.
The basic theory behind the
procedure is for the patient to perform short, repeated breath-holds (BH) so that CT imaging and treatment delivery can be achieved with the tumor in a stationary position. During an ABC procedure, a specifically designed device is utilized to reproducibly apply the same breath-holding level for each session.
How ABC works
The ABC consists of a
turbine spirometer, which measures the relative airflow and displays a visual representation of the respiratory curve on a laptop computer.
How ABC works
The patient is connected to the system via a length of tubing and a bacterial filter, with a nose clip to prevent leakage and increase accuracy of the spirometry measurement.
How ABC works
How ABC works
After a predefined volume of air (threshold volume) has passed through the spirometer, a small balloon valve will inflate and occlude the tube, applying an assisted Breath Hold (BH).
How ABC works
At all times the patient is in control of the BH, via a patient control switch. This switch must be depressed to initiate an ABC procedure and if released will automatically open the balloon valve and allow the patient to breathe freely.
How ABC works
The system is configurable to each individual patient or procedure, with variable threshold levels and BH durations.
PROCESS
END OF 1 ST SEGMENT
AGAIN
WORKFLOW
Initial training session
Appropriate threshold level BH duration possible has been reported as 1520 seconds
GOAL
To improve the accuracy of treatment delivery
STABILITY
Immobilizing the respiratory motion during
specific breath-holds (intra-breath hold)
VERSATILITIY
Shift the normal structures out of the high
dose region
CONCLUSION This
has paved the way for alternative
fractionation regimes, such as hypo fractionation, to be adopted in current clinical practice.