LDeform: Longitudinal deformation analysis for adaptive radiotherapy of lung cancer Journal Article
| Authors: | Nadeem, S.; Zhang, P.; Rimner, A.; Sonke, J. J.; Deasy, J. O.; Tannenbaum, A. |
| Article Title: | LDeform: Longitudinal deformation analysis for adaptive radiotherapy of lung cancer |
| Abstract: | Purpose: Conventional radiotherapy for large lung tumors is given over several weeks, during which the tumor typically regresses in a highly nonuniform and variable manner. Adaptive radiotherapy would ideally follow these shape changes, but we need an accurate method to extrapolate tumor shape changes. We propose a computationally efficient algorithm to quantitate tumor surface shape changes that makes minimal assumptions, identifies fixed points, and can be used to predict future tumor geometrical response. Methods: A novel combination of nonrigid iterative closest point (ICP) and local shape-preserving map algorithms, LDeform, is developed to enable visualization, prediction, and categorization of both diffeomorphic and nondiffeomorphic tumor deformations during an extended course of radiotherapy. Results: We tested and validated our technique on 31 longitudinal CT/MRI subjects, with five to nine time points each. Based on this tumor deformation analysis, regions of local growth, shrinkage, and anchoring are identified and tracked across multiple time points. This categorization in turn represents a rational biomarker of local response. Results demonstrate useful predictive power, with an averaged Dice coefficient and surface mean-squared error of 0.85 and 2.8 mm, respectively, over all images. Conclusions: We conclude that the LDeform algorithm can facilitate the adaptive decision-making process during lung cancer radiotherapy. © 2019 American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| Keywords: | intensity modulated radiation therapy; cancer radiotherapy; comparative study; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; lung cancer; tumor regression; registration; algorithm; radiation dose fractionation; tumor growth; cancer control; chemoradiotherapy; longitudinal study; volumetric modulated arc therapy; gross tumor volume; conformal radiotherapy; adaptive radiotherapy; four dimensional computed tomography; human; article; anatomic landmark; nonrigid icp; surface parameterization; iterative closest point; shape preserving map algorithm |
| Journal Title: | Medical Physics |
| Volume: | 47 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| ISSN: | 0094-2405 |
| Publisher: | American Association of Physicists in Medicine |
| Date Published: | 2020-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 132 |
| End Page: | 141 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/mp.13907 |
| PUBMED: | 31693764 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC7295163 |
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| Notes: | Source: Scopus |
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