Comparison of Image Registration Methods in Patients with Non-melanoma Skin Cancer Treated with Superficial Brachytherapy

Overview

Journal Phys Imaging Radiat Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2024 Sep 12

PMID 39262679

Authors

Marta Szlag

Magdalena Stankiewicz

Sylwia Kellas-Sleczka

Malgorzata Stapor-Fudzinska

Agnieszka Cholewka

Agnieszka Pruefer

Piotr Wojcieszek

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Abstract

The accumulated dose from sequential treatments of metachronous non-melanoma skin cancer can be assessed using image registration, although guidelines for selecting the appropriate algorithm are lacking. This study shows the impact of rigid (RIR), deformable (DIR) and deformable structure-based (SDIR) algorithms on the skin dose. DIR increased: the maximum dose (39.2 Gy vs 9.4 Gy), the dose to 0.1 cm (16.4 Gy vs 7.8 Gy) and the dose to 2 cm (7.6 Gy vs 5.7 Gy). RIR only affected the maximum dose, which increased to 17.0 Gy. SDIR correctly translated the dose maps, as none of the parameters changed significantly.

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