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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2024

Non-coplanar CBCT image reconstruction using a generative adversarial network for non-coplanar radiotherapy.

Ran Wei, Zhiyue Song, Ziqi Pan, Ying Cao, Yongli Song, Jianrong Dai

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Ran WeiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Zhiyue SongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-2086
Ziqi PanDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Ying CaoDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Yongli SongDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Jianrong DaiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.

Funding

Beijing Hope Run Special Fund of Cancer Foundation of China LC2022B28National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFC2400300National Natural Science Foundation of China 12205376Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China 1242036
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Abstract

purposeTo develop a non-coplanar cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) image reconstruction method using projections within a limited angle range for non-coplanar radiotherapy.

methodsA generative adversarial network (GAN) was utilized to reconstruct non-coplanar CBCT images. Data from 40 patients with brain tumors and two head phantoms were used in this study. In the training stage, the generator of the GAN used coplanar CBCT and non-coplanar projections as the input, and an encoder with a dual-branch structure was utilized to extract features from the coplanar CBCT and non-coplanar projections separately. Non-coplanar CBCT images were then reconstructed using a decoder by combining the extracted features. To improve the reconstruction accuracy of the image details, the generator was adversarially trained using a patch-based convolutional neural network as the discriminator. A newly designed joint loss was used to improve the global structure consistency rather than the conventional GAN loss. The proposed model was evaluated using data from eight patients and two phantoms at four couch angles (±45°, ±90°) that are most commonly used for brain non-coplanar radiotherapy in our department. The reconstructed accuracy was evaluated by calculating the root mean square error (RMSE) and an overall registration error ε, computed by integrating the rigid transformation parameters.

resultsIn both patient data and phantom data studies, the qualitative and quantitative metrics results indicated that ± 45° couch angle models performed better than ±90° couch angle models and had statistical differences. In the patient data study, the mean RMSE and ε values of couch angle at 45°, -45°, 90°, and -90° were 58.5 HU and 0.42 mm, 56.8 HU and 0.41 mm, 73.6 HU and 0.48 mm, and 65.3 HU and 0.46 mm, respectively. In the phantom data study, the mean RMSE and ε values of couch angle at 45°, -45°, 90°, and -90° were 91.2 HU and 0.46 mm, 95.0 HU and 0.45 mm, 114.6 HU and 0.58 mm, and 102.9 HU and 0.52 mm, respectively.

conclusionsThe results show that the reconstructed non-coplanar CBCT images can potentially enable intra-treatment three-dimensional position verification for non-coplanar radiotherapy.

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AlgorithmsBrain NeoplasmsCone-Beam Computed TomographyImage Processing, Computer-AssistedNeural Networks, ComputerPhantoms, ImagingRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy, Intensity-ModulatedRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedHumansOrgans at RiskRadiotherapy, Image-Guidedcone‐beam computed tomographydeep learningimage reconstructionlimited anglenon‐coplanar radiotherapy

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PMID39186746
PMCPMC11466471

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