Imaging radiation dose in breast radiotherapy by X-ray CT calibration of Cherenkov light

R. L. Hachadorian, P. Bruza, M. Jermyn, D. J. Gladstone, B. W. Pogue and L. A. Jarvis ()
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R. L. Hachadorian: Dartmouth College
P. Bruza: Dartmouth College
M. Jermyn: Dartmouth College
D. J. Gladstone: Dartmouth College
B. W. Pogue: Dartmouth College
L. A. Jarvis: Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Imaging Cherenkov emission during radiation therapy cancer treatments can provide a real-time, non-contact sampling of the entire dose field. The emitted Cherenkov signal generated is proportional to deposited dose, however, it is affected by attenuation from the intrinsic tissue optical properties of the patient, which in breast, ranges from primarily adipose to fibroglandular tissue. Patients being treated with whole-breast X-ray radiotherapy (n = 13) were imaged for 108 total fractions, to establish correction factors from the linear relationships between Cherenkov light and CT number (HU). This study elucidates this relationship in vivo, and a correction factor approach is used to scale each image to improve the linear correlation between Cherenkov emission intensity and dose ($$R_{6X}^2 = 0.85,\,R_{10X}^2 = 0.95$$R6X2=0.85,R10X2=0.95). This study provides a major step towards direct quantitative radiation dose imaging in humans by utilizing non-contact camera sensing of Cherenkov emission during the radiation therapy treatment.

Date: 2020
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