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Purpose: Optic nerves are part of the craniospinal irradiation (CSI) target volume. Modern radiotherapy techniques achieve highly conformal target doses while avoiding organs-at-risk such as the lens. The magnitude of eye movement and its influence on CSI target- and avoidance volumes are unclear. We aimed to evaluate the movement-range of lenses and optic nerves and its influence on dose distribution of several planning techniques.
Methods: Ten volunteers underwent MRI scans in various gaze directions (neutral, left, right, cranial, caudal). Lenses, orbital optic nerves, optic discs and CSI target volumes were delineated. 36-Gy cranial irradiation plans were constructed on synthetic CT images in neutral gaze, with Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy, pencil-beam scanning proton therapy, and 3D-conventional photons. Movement-amplitudes of lenses and optic discs were analyzed, and influence of gaze direction on lens and orbital optic nerve dose distribution.
Results: Mean eye structures' shift from neutral position was greatest in caudal gaze; -5.8 +/- 1.2 mm (+/- SD) for lenses and 7.0 +/- 2.0 mm for optic discs. In 3D-conventional plans, caudal gaze decreased Mean Lens Dose (MLD). In VMAT and proton plans, eye movements mainly increased MLD and diminished D98 orbital optic nerve (D98OON) coverage; mean MLD increased up to 5.5 Gy [total Delta MLD range -8.1 to 10.0 Gy], and mean D98OON decreased up to 3.3 Gy [total Delta D98OON range -13.6 to 1.2 Gy]. VMAT plans optimized for optic disc Internal Target Volume and lens Planning organ-at-Risk Volume resulted in higher MLD over gaze directions. D98OON became >= 95% of prescribed dose over 95/100 evaluated gaze directions, while all-gaze bilateral D98OON significantly changed in 1 of 10 volunteers.
Conclusion: With modern CSI techniques, eye movements result in higher lens doses and a mean detriment for orbital optic nerve dose coverage of
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 28-33 |
Aantal pagina's | 6 |
Tijdschrift | Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology |
Volume | 31 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 1-nov.-2021 |