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CT Extended Hounsfield Unit Range in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Patients with Implantable Medical Devices

  • Radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning is based on computed tomography (CT) images and traditionally uses the conventional Hounsfield unit (CHU) range. This HU range is suited for human tissue but inappropriate for metallic materials. To guarantee safety of patient carrying implants precise HU quantification is beneficial for accurate dose calculations in planning software. Some modern CT systems offer an extended HU range (EHU). This study focuses the suitability of these two HU ranges for the quantification of metallic components of active implantable medical devices (AIMD). CT acquisitions of various metallic and non-metallic materials aligned in a water phantom were investigated. From our acquisitions we calculated that materials with mass-density ρ > 3.0 g/cm3 cannot be represented in the CHU range. For these materials the EHU range could be used for accurate HU quantification. Since the EHU range does not effect the HU values for materials ρ < 3.0 g/cm3, it can be used as a standard for RT treatment planning for patient with and without implants.

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Author:Zehra Ese, Sima Qamhiyeh, Jakob Kreutner, Gregor Schaefers, Daniel Erni, Waldemar Zylka
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9023-3_111
ISBN:978-981-10-9022-6
Parent Title (English):World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018. June 3-8, 2018, Prague, Czech Republic (Vol.3)
Publisher:Springer
Place of publication:Singapore
Editor:Lenka Lhotska, Lucie Sukupova, Igor Lacković, Geoffrey S. Ibbott
Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/12/22
Year of first Publication:2018
Publishing Institution:Westfälische Hochschule Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen
Release Date:2019/01/14
First Page:599
Last Page:603
Departments / faculties:Fachbereiche / Elektrotechnik und angewandte Naturwissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoEs gilt das Urheberrechtsgesetz

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