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Lec 2 Plan Op & Ev Flashcards

1
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What things does the radiation oncologist prescribe?

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number of fractions
point or volume dose is to be prescribed
indicative energy (this can be changed if necessary)
overall treatment time in weeks

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What is the normalisation concept?

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dose expressed as percentage of dose to a reference point
Specify dose at the reference point = 100%
(this process is called normalisation)

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What point should the 100% isodose line run through?

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through the reference point

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How does normalisation to a specific point affect the plan?

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depending on the point, makes a huge difference to the isodose visualisation

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What are the principles of plan optimisation?

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lowest dose to critical tissues
fulfilling prescription
plan is efficient to deliver on the treatment machine (i.e. least number of beams and accessories- wedges)
plan is treatable

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What are the two techniques of planning?

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field-based planning

volume-based planning

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What is field-based planning?

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old technique
define the field using bony landmarks
not very conformal

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What is volume-based planning?

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current technique 
involves defining the fields using contoured PTV (GTV to CTV to PTV) volumes
a port (automatically generated treatment field using PTV)
a margin to account for beam penumbra is used (PTV to MLC margin).
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What is coplanar and Non-coplanar?

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coplanar: floor rotation on zero

non-coplanar: floor rotation not on zero

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10
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What are class solutions?

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certain beam arrangements may give the optimal dose distribution for certain PTVs
(known arrangements e.g. sunrise-prostate, wedged fields)

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What does beam quality affect?

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depth dose

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Why is a lower energy beam used for the thorax?

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build-up effect after air spaces

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Why is a lower energy beam used for head and neck?

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to reduce the exit dose on skin

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Why is a higher energy beam used for deep-seated tumours?

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increases tumour dose relative to incident dose

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What things can modify beams?

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wedge (physical/ dynamic)
bolus
MLCs

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16
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What things need to be considered during plan evaluation?

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impact on patient (quality of life)

impact on department efficiency (workflow)

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17
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What are the ideal dose distributions?

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dose gradient across the volume minimised (95% to 107%)
PTV dose (coverage, conformity, homogeneity)
Integral dose should be minimised (try to avoid as much tissue as possible_
Dose to critical structures (within specified tolerances)
Shape of treated volume closely matched to the PTV (implies a conformity index close to 1)
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18
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What is minimum dose (Dmin)

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smallest dose in a defined volume

minimum PTV dose is the lowest dose in the PTV

19
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What is a hotspot?

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represents a volume outside the PTV receiving dose larger than 100% of specified PTV dose
only clinically significant if volume >1.5cm
if it occurs in a small organ (lens) then a smaller dimension than 1.5cm needs to be considered

20
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What is the ICRU criteria for reference point?

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should be clinically relevant and representative of the dose through the PTV
The point should be easy to define in a clear and unambiguous way
The point should be selected where the dose can be accurately determined
The point should be selected in a region where there is no steep dose gradient

21
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What is the conformity index (CI)

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this is a ratio of 95% isodose to the volume of the PTV
CI = (VRI/ TV)
VRI: Volume of the reference isodose
TV: Target Volume

22
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What is the homogeneity index (HI)?

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An objective tool used to analyse the uniformity of dose distribution in the target dose
HI = D2%- D98%/Dp
D2% = dose to 2% of PTV
D98% = dose to 98% of PTV
Dp = Prescribed dose
23
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What is a DVH?

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a representation of the three dimensional dose distribution as a plot of the volume of a ROI versus dose

24
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What is a cumulative DVH?

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a plot of the percentage of the total volume of an ROI receiving dose within each specified dose interval against the dose range of the plan
(most commonly used DVH’s as they match dose objectives and constraints given by RO’s on the prescription)
(display the total volume that received a given dose or more)

25
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What is Differential DVH?

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A plot of the accumulated volume of an ROI receiving dose in a specified dose interval against a set of equally spaced dose intervals
(display distribution of dose received by each volume unit of the specified structure)

26
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What is the accuracy of a DVH affected by?

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accuracy of ROI contouring
Dose grid matrix
Dose grid placement
Voxel size of the CT data set

27
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How does dose grid matrix size affect DVH?

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the larger the grid resolution the greater the interpolation in the dose calculations

28
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How does dose grid placement affect DVH?

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an entire ROI must be within the dose grid to gain an accurate DVH for that structure

29
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How does voxel size of the CT data set affect DVH?

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small ROI DVH accuracy is sensitive to voxel size

30
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What does Normalized dose on Pinnacle represent on DVH?

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if you select this option as the DVH Dose Axis display, the dose to the ROI is normalized to 1.0 (100%), and the dose axis of the DVH shows the percent of maximum dose to the specified ROI

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What does Absolute Dose on Pinnacle represent on DVH?

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if you select this option as the DVH Dose Axis display, the dose axis of the DVH shows absolute dose to the ROI (in cGy or Gy)

32
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What does Auto-Compute Max on Pinnacle DVH mean?

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select this option to let Pinnacle compute the maximum dose value in the plan (default)

33
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What does Specify Max Dose on Pinnacle DVH mean?

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Selecting this button allows the user to enter a value to a specific maximum dose. This option is commonly used with brachytherapy plans, which sometimes have high doses that fall outside the maximum range of the histogram.
The percentage of the structure volume with a dose greater than the maximum histogram dose is shown in the % > Max column of the DVH spreadsheet

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What does Normalized Volume on Pinnacle DVH mean?

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If you select this option as the DVH Volume Axis display, the volume is normalized to 1.0 (100%), and the volume axis of the DVH shows the percent of the ROI volume receiving a given dose

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What does Absolute Volume on Pinnacle DVH mean?

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If you select this option, the volume axis of the DVH shows the actual volume (in cm3) receiving a given dose

36
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What is sampling resolution?

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specifies the spacing between sample points in a patient dose that will be used for DVHs

37
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What are bins?

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Sample points inside contours are assigned to those structures
Dose at these sample points is determined by interpolating between the dose matrix points in the calculation volume.
Volume of each structure is the sum of the voxels x volume per voxel
Sample points are then grouped into bin or dose intervals defined by the bin width

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How does sampling resolution affect DVH?

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the finer the sampling resolution, the more points sampled. This may provide more dose information for generating DVHs
a coarser resolution of less number of bins may reuslt in poor results

39
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What things need to be checked in plan evaluation?

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PTV coverage
PTV conformity
Homogeneity
Presence of hotspots
Doses to critical structures
Isocentre location (shifts)
Collimator rotations (department efficiency)
3D isodose lines
contours outside the body
skin dose
Constrain checklists
Dose indices (HI, CI, NTCP, Confidence intervals)
40
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What are some RT uncertainties in plans?

A 
immobilisation
imaging anomalies
use of contrast
slice thickness
MRI distortions
Fusion
QA
IGRT
Adaptive RT
Plan delivery
41
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In Plan Evaluation Checklist what is in Dataset Setup?

A

Couch removal correct
laser localisation correct
plan/ treatment site correctly named

42
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In Plan Evaluation Checklist what is in Contours?

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structures (incl body) contoured correctly
OARs contoured correctly
Structures/ OARs labelled correctly

43
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In Plan Evaluation Checklist what is in Beams?

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Named correctly
Appropriate Isocentre and Ref point
Energy & Machine correct
Beam arrangement & Order appropriate

44
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In Plan Evaluation Checklist what is in Dose?

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Prescribed correctly
correct algorithm
dose grid correct for calculation

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