GEC-ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for quality assurance of ultrasound imaging in brachytherapy

Siebert, Frank‐André; Kirisits, Christian; Hellebust, Taran Paulsen; Baltas, Dimos; Verhaegen, Frank; Camps, Saskia; Pieters, Bradley R.; Kovács, György; Thomadsen, Bruce R.

doi:10.1016/j.radonc.2020.02.024

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“…Currently, ultrasound QC for prostate brachy therapy tends to be performed with the CIRS brachytherapy phantom; however, this is not suitable for inserting needles and therefore cannot be used for the complete QC as recommended by the AAPM Task Group 128 or the later GEC-ESTRO/ACROP recommendations published in 2020 [143]. The phantom design of Leong et al has a potential to simplify this QC process, and is relatively simple for clinical users to manufacture.…”

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A review of brachytherapy physical phantoms developed over the last 20 years: clinical purpose and future requirements

Wilby¹,

Palmer²,

Polak³

et al. 2021

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Within the brachytherapy community, many phantoms are constructed in-house, and less commercial development is observed as compared to the field of external beam. Computational or virtual phantom design has seen considerable growth; however, physical phantoms are beneficial for brachytherapy, in which quality is dependent on physical processes, such as accuracy of source placement. Focusing on the design of physical phantoms, this review paper presents a summary of brachytherapy specific phantoms in published journal articles over the last twenty years (January 1, 2000-December 31, 2019). The papers were analyzed and tabulated by their primary clinical purpose, which was deduced from their associated publications. A substantial body of work has been published on phantom designs from the brachytherapy community, but a standardized method of reporting technical aspects of the phantoms is lacking. In-house phantom development demonstrates an increasing interest in magnetic resonance (MR) tissue mimicking materials, which is not yet reflected in commercial phantoms available for brachytherapy. The evaluation of phantom design provides insight into the way, in which brachytherapy practice has changed over time, and demonstrates the customised and broad nature of treatments offered.

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A review of brachytherapy physical phantoms developed over the last 20 years: clinical purpose and future requirements

Wilby¹,

Palmer²,

Polak³

et al. 2021

jcb

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“…While this test is not discussed in the TG‐128 report, its importance is emphasized in the GEC‐ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for quality assurance of US imaging in brachytherapy. 22 Under ideal phantom conditions, up to a 1.6 mm error has been report for US‐based needle reconstruction 26 and up to 0.8 mm deviations in needle tip reconstruction. 21 For this study, ground truth was defined using the US marker developed for the offset calibration tests.…”

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“…These changes are monitored to properly determine needle free length, account for baseline shifts, and maintain geometric accuracy of the reconstructed longitudinal or sagittal scans. The precedent of mechanical QA has been established historically in the TG‐40 report for radiotherapy 11 and is specifically addressed for US‐guided brachytherapy in the GEC‐ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for US imaging quality assurance for brachytherapy report 22 . Following the GEC‐ESTRO/ACROP recommendations, 22 the stepper was manually displaced between −1 mm and 10 mm longitudinally and referenced with a ruler.…”

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“…Absolute longitudinal needle positioning accuracy was performed in addition to recommended TG‐128 commissioning measurements. While this test is not discussed in the TG‐128 report, its importance is emphasized in the GEC‐ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for quality assurance of US imaging in brachytherapy 22 . Under ideal phantom conditions, up to a 1.6 mm error has been report for US‐based needle reconstruction 26 and up to 0.8 mm deviations in needle tip reconstruction 21 .…”

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“…The precedent of mechanical QA has been established historically in the TG-40 report for radiotherapy 11 and is specifically addressed for US-guided brachytherapy in the GEC-ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for US imaging quality assurance for brachytherapy report. 22 Following the GEC-ESTRO/ ACROP recommendations, 22 the stepper was manually displaced between −1 mm and 10 mm longitudinally and referenced with a ruler. Likewise, a calibrated level was set on the cradle frame after an initial origin set, and the cradle was manually rotated between 0 and 90 degrees from the set origin.…”

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Implementation of a real‐time, ultrasound‐guided prostate HDR brachytherapy program

Smith

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Dunkerley

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Knowledge domain and emerging trends in brachytherapy: A scientometric analysis

Ghazbani

Abdolahi

Mansourzadeh

et al. 2022

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Objective: Assessing the current scientific situation helps to recognize the gaps and strengths of brachytherapy research projects. This research project was conducted to assess the knowledge domain and emerging trends in brachytherapy through a scientometric perspective. Methods:For the present research, the Web of Science database was considered as the data source. Integrated data was transferred to Bibliometrix R Package V3.1. In this study, the scientometric approach was performed by CiteSpace 5.8.R3 to draw the trends and signify issues in the research area. Eventually, scientometric indicators were evaluated at the level of authors, documents, journals, organizations, and countries.Results: A total of 31,362 documents from 64,740 Independent researchers were retrieved. The United States, Germany, and Canada were the most active countries in brachytherapy-related research projects. In the present study, Luc Beaulieu, Christine Kirisits, and Ronald Nath were identified as the most influential authors. Eventually, keywords clusters were constructed by using the method of co-citation analysis. In this case, the main clusters were cervical cancer and prostate cancer. Conclusion:Assessing the scientific trends in brachytherapy indicated that new insights have been gained into this cancer treatment technique. In this case, development of computer applications and artificial intelligence alongside deep learning utilization provides new horizons for oncology and radiotherapy researchers.

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GEC-ESTRO/ACROP recommendations for quality assurance of ultrasound imaging in brachytherapy

Cited by 16 publications

References 15 publications

A review of brachytherapy physical phantoms developed over the last 20 years: clinical purpose and future requirements

A review of brachytherapy physical phantoms developed over the last 20 years: clinical purpose and future requirements

Implementation of a real‐time, ultrasound‐guided prostate HDR brachytherapy program

Knowledge domain and emerging trends in brachytherapy: A scientometric analysis

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