Improvement of tracking accuracy and stability by recursive image processing in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system

Naoki Miyamoto; Kenneth Sutherland; Ryusuke Suzuki; Taeko Matsuura; Chie Toramatsu; Seishin Takao; Hideaki Nihongi; Rumiko Kinoshita; Shinichi Shimizu; Rikiya Onimaru; Kikuo Umegaki; Hiroki Shirato; Masayori Ishikawa

doi:10.1117/12.912734

16 February 2012 Improvement of tracking accuracy and stability by recursive image processing in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system

Naoki Miyamoto, Kenneth Sutherland, Ryusuke Suzuki, Taeko Matsuura, Chie Toramatsu, Seishin Takao, Hideaki Nihongi, Rumiko Kinoshita, Shinichi Shimizu, Rikiya Onimaru, Kikuo Umegaki, Hiroki Shirato, Masayori Ishikawa

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Proceedings Volume 8316, Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 83160B (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912734
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2012, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In the real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy (RTRT) system, the fiducial markers are inserted in or near the target tumor in order monitor the respiratory-induced motion of tumors. During radiation treatment, the markers are detected by continuous fluoroscopy operated at 30 frames/sec. The marker position is determined by means of a template pattern matching technique which is based on the normalized cross correlation. With high tube voltage, large current and long exposure, the fiducial marker will be recognized accurately, however, the radiation dose due to X-ray fluoroscopy increases. On the other hand, by decreasing the fluoroscopy parameter settings, the fiducial marker could be lost because the effect of statistical noise is increased. In the respiratory-gated radiotherapy, the error of the image guidance will induce the reduction of the irradiation efficiency and accuracy. In order to track the marker stably and accurately in low dose fluoroscopy, we propose the application of a recursive filter. The effectiveness of the image processing is investigated by tracking the static marker and the dynamic marker. The results suggest that the stability and the accuracy of the marker tracking can be improved by applying the recursive image filter in low dose imaging.

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Naoki Miyamoto, Kenneth Sutherland, Ryusuke Suzuki, Taeko Matsuura, Chie Toramatsu, Seishin Takao, Hideaki Nihongi, Rumiko Kinoshita, Shinichi Shimizu, Rikiya Onimaru, Kikuo Umegaki, Hiroki Shirato, and Masayori Ishikawa "Improvement of tracking accuracy and stability by recursive image processing in real-time tumor-tracking radiotherapy system", Proc. SPIE 8316, Medical Imaging 2012: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 83160B (16 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.912734

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