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Novel rotatable tabletop for total-body irradiation using a linac-based VMAT technique.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) techniques have recently been implemented in clinical practice for total-body irradiation (TBI). To date, most techniques still use special couches, translational tables, or other self-made immobilization devices for dose delivery. Aim of the present study was to report the first results of a newly developed rotatable tabletop designed for VMAT-TBI. METHODS:The VMAT-TBI technique theoretically allows the use of any standard positioning device at the linear accelerator. Nevertheless, the main problem is that patients taller than 120?cm cannot be treated in one position due to the limited cranial-caudal couch shift capacities of the linac. Therefore, patients are usually turned from a head-first supine position (HFS) to a feet-first supine position (FFS) to overcome this limitation. The newly developed rotatable tabletop consists completely of carbon fiber, including the ball bearing within the base plate of the rotation unit. The patient can be turned 180° from a HFS to a FFS position within a few seconds, without the need of repositioning. RESULTS:The first 20 patients had a median age of 47?years, and received TBI before bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia. Most patients (13/20) received a TBI dose of 4?Gy in 2 fractions, twice daily. The mean number of applied monitor units (MU) was 6476 MU using a multi-arcs and multi-isocenter VMAT-TBI technique. The tabletop has been successfully used in daily clinical practice and helped to keep the treatment times at an acceptable level. During the first treatment fraction, the mean overall treatment time (OTT) was 57?min. Since no additional image guidance was used in fraction 2 of the same day, the OTT was reduced to mean 38?min. CONCLUSIONS:The easy and reproducible rotation of the patient on the treatment couch using the rotatable tabletop, is time-efficient and overcomes the need of repositioning the patient after turning from a HFS to a FFS position during VMAT TBI. Furthermore, it prevents couch-gantry collisions, incorrect isocenter shifts and beam mix-up due to predicted absolute table coordinates, which are recorded to the R?+?V system with the corresponding beams.

SUBMITTER: Losert C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6937701 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Novel rotatable tabletop for total-body irradiation using a linac-based VMAT technique.

Losert Christoph C Shpani Roel R Kießling Robert R Freislederer Philipp P Li Minglun M Walter Franziska F Niyazi Maximilian M Reiner Michael M Belka Claus C Corradini Stefanie S

Radiation oncology (London, England) 20191230 1

<h4>Background</h4>Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) techniques have recently been implemented in clinical practice for total-body irradiation (TBI). To date, most techniques still use special couches, translational tables, or other self-made immobilization devices for dose delivery. Aim of the present study was to report the first results of a newly developed rotatable tabletop designed for VMAT-TBI.<h4>Methods</h4>The VMAT-TBI technique theoretically allows the use of any standard positi ...[more]

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