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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS
Volume 66, Issue 3, Pages 780-791Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.035
Keywords
liver metastases; hepatocellular carcinoma; cholangiocarcinoma; computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; deformable image registration
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with computed tomography (CT) liver cancer tumor definition for high-precision radiotherapy planning. Methods and Materials: Diagnostic quality MRI scans and triphasic CT scans, with the liver immobilized in exhale, were obtained at the time of radiation planning for 26 patients with unresectable liver metastases (n = 8), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 10), and cholangiocarcinoma (n = 8). On the CT and MRI series best demonstrating the tumor, the liver and gross tumor volumes (GTVs) were contoured, and intrahepatic anatomic reference points were identified. Deformable registration was used to register the liver from the CT with that from the MRI. Results: A difference in the number of tumor foci was seen on CT vs. MRI in 5 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: MRI showed more foci in 3 patients, CT in 2. After deformable registration of the livers, the population median of the average distance between the CT tumor surface and MRI tumor surface was 3.7 turn (2.2-21.3 mm). The median percentage of tumor surface area that differed by >= 5 mm was 26% (1-86%). Median percentage concordance volumes were 81% (77-86%) in metastases, 77% (60-88%) in hepatocellular carcinoma and 64% (25-85%) in cholangiocarcinoma. Conclusion: Differences between MRI-defined liver cancer GTVs and CT-defined GTVs can be substantial and are more common in primary liver cancer. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc.
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