1.Study of dosimetric comparison of auto plan and fall back plan of radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer based on Ethos adaptive radiotherapy system
Chao LI ; Lu CAO ; Weixiang QI ; Longyan DUAN
China Medical Equipment 2025;22(3):10-16
Objective:To compare and research dosimetric differences between auto plan and fall back plan in Ethos adaptive radiotherapy system in radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer,and explore the clinical value of two techniques under the Ethos platform in the radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery.Methods:The data of a total of 15 patients with breast cancer,who received radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer at Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2022,were selected.Based on the Ethos planning system,the auto plans of the average score of 7 fields(7F_IMRT),9 field(9F_IMRT)and 12 field(12F_IMRT),as well as a fall back plan of 12 fields,were designed respectively for each patient.The dosimetric differences of conformity index(CI)and homogeneity index(HI)of dose distribution of target region,and the dose of organs at risk(OAR)were compared and evaluated.Results:The fall back plan can improve dose distribution of target region,and the average HI value of the dose of target region of 15 patients was 0.020±0.005,which was superior to those[7F_IMRT(0.065±0.015),9F_IMRT(0.024±0.004)and 12F_IMRT(0.024±0.0045)]of 3 kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=12.687,3.638,4.885,P<0.05).In 8 patients with breast cancer at left side,the mean dose(Dmean),volume percentages in receiving 5,10,20,30 Gy doses(V5Gy,V10Gy,V20Gy,V30Gy)in the affected side of lung in fall back plan were better than those in auto plan,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=24.31,64.59,18.02,7.32,5.74,P<0.05).The average Dmean of receiving dose of heart,V5Gy,V10Gy and V30Gy of fall back plan were respectively(244.83±53.93)cGy,(9.64±2.94)%,(4.28±2.0)%and(0.51±0.5)%,which were better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=10.17,12.05,4.59,3.95,P<0.05).The Dmean and V5Gy of the health side of lung,and Dmean of health side of breast in fall back plan were better than those in three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=27.99,6.26,35.89,P<0.05).In 7 patients with breast cancer at right side,the Dmean,V5Gy,V10Gy,V20Gy and V30Gy of affected side of lung in fall back plan were better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=3.43,3.85,2.32,2.36,3.59,P<0.05).The Dmax,Dmean and V5Gy of heart in fall back plan were all better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=10,10.22,3.96,P<0.05).The Dmean and V5Gy of health side of lung,and the Dmean of health side of breast in fall back plan were better than those in three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two plans were significant(F=20.87,4.17,59.83,P<0.05).Conclusion:Compared with auto plan of Ethos system of 7F_IMRT,9F_IMRT and 12F_IMRTB,the homogeneity of target region of the Fall Back plan is better,and the doses of lung and heart of affected side of that are lower,and the doses of other OAR all were within the requirement of clinical limitation.Fall back plan has higher clinical application value in radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer.
2.Study of dosimetric comparison of auto plan and fall back plan of radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer based on Ethos adaptive radiotherapy system
Chao LI ; Lu CAO ; Weixiang QI ; Longyan DUAN
China Medical Equipment 2025;22(3):10-16
Objective:To compare and research dosimetric differences between auto plan and fall back plan in Ethos adaptive radiotherapy system in radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer,and explore the clinical value of two techniques under the Ethos platform in the radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery.Methods:The data of a total of 15 patients with breast cancer,who received radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer at Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in 2022,were selected.Based on the Ethos planning system,the auto plans of the average score of 7 fields(7F_IMRT),9 field(9F_IMRT)and 12 field(12F_IMRT),as well as a fall back plan of 12 fields,were designed respectively for each patient.The dosimetric differences of conformity index(CI)and homogeneity index(HI)of dose distribution of target region,and the dose of organs at risk(OAR)were compared and evaluated.Results:The fall back plan can improve dose distribution of target region,and the average HI value of the dose of target region of 15 patients was 0.020±0.005,which was superior to those[7F_IMRT(0.065±0.015),9F_IMRT(0.024±0.004)and 12F_IMRT(0.024±0.0045)]of 3 kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=12.687,3.638,4.885,P<0.05).In 8 patients with breast cancer at left side,the mean dose(Dmean),volume percentages in receiving 5,10,20,30 Gy doses(V5Gy,V10Gy,V20Gy,V30Gy)in the affected side of lung in fall back plan were better than those in auto plan,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=24.31,64.59,18.02,7.32,5.74,P<0.05).The average Dmean of receiving dose of heart,V5Gy,V10Gy and V30Gy of fall back plan were respectively(244.83±53.93)cGy,(9.64±2.94)%,(4.28±2.0)%and(0.51±0.5)%,which were better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=10.17,12.05,4.59,3.95,P<0.05).The Dmean and V5Gy of the health side of lung,and Dmean of health side of breast in fall back plan were better than those in three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=27.99,6.26,35.89,P<0.05).In 7 patients with breast cancer at right side,the Dmean,V5Gy,V10Gy,V20Gy and V30Gy of affected side of lung in fall back plan were better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=3.43,3.85,2.32,2.36,3.59,P<0.05).The Dmax,Dmean and V5Gy of heart in fall back plan were all better than those of three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two kinds of plans were significant(F=10,10.22,3.96,P<0.05).The Dmean and V5Gy of health side of lung,and the Dmean of health side of breast in fall back plan were better than those in three kinds of auto plans,and the differences of them between two plans were significant(F=20.87,4.17,59.83,P<0.05).Conclusion:Compared with auto plan of Ethos system of 7F_IMRT,9F_IMRT and 12F_IMRTB,the homogeneity of target region of the Fall Back plan is better,and the doses of lung and heart of affected side of that are lower,and the doses of other OAR all were within the requirement of clinical limitation.Fall back plan has higher clinical application value in radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery for breast cancer.
3.Impact of bladder volume on dosimetry of CTV and OAR in localized prostate cancer treated with proton therapy
Danni WANG ; Huan LI ; Cheng XU ; Wendong FAN ; Mei CHEN ; Xiaofang QIAN ; Dawei QIN ; Chensheng SHI ; Ruozhui ZHAO ; Weixiang QI ; Qiyun HUANG ; Jiayi CHEN ; Lu CAO
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2024;33(6):524-531
Objective:To evaluate the impact of bladder volume on dosimetric parameters of clinical target volume (CTV) and organs at risk (OAR) of intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) for localized prostate cancer during the treatment planning and daily treatment.Methods:Clinical data of 25 patients with localized prostate cancer admitted to Ruijin Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine from November 2021 to June 2022 and enrolled in the "Proton Therapy System" (SAPT-PS-01) registered clinical trial were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were male and the median age was 72 years old. A total of 30 sets of IMPT plans were obtained. Based on the planning CT (30 sets) and weekly verification CT during treatment (172 sets), bladder volume, CTV and OAR dose parameters were collected. Spearman correlation analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between bladder volume in CT and the dosimetric parameters of CTV and OAR during IMPT plans, and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was adopted to compare the dosimetric parameters of CTV and OAR among different bladder volume change groups.Results:The V 95% of CTV1 and CTV2 were both 100.0%±0.0% in IMPT plans. Bladder volume was significantly negatively correlated with D mean, V 70 Gy(RBE), V 60 Gy(RBE), V 50 Gy(RBE), V 40 Gy(RBE) of the bladder ( P<0.001, 0.003, <0.001, <0.001,<0.001), and D mean, V 50 Gy(RBE) of the small intestine (both P<0.001). During treatment, bladder D mean, V 70 Gy(RBE), V 60 Gy(RBE), V 50 Gy(RBE), V 40 Gy(RBE)( P<0.001, 0.001, <0.001, <0.001, <0.001), rectal D mean, V 50 Gy(RBE), V 40 Gy(RBE) (all P<0.001), small intestine D mean, V 50 Gy (RBE) (both P<0.001) of patients with bladder volume increase >20% compared to baseline were significantly decreased compared to those in IMPT plans. But CTV1 V 100%, and CTV2 V 95% were significantly decreased too( P=0.029, 0.020). In the bladder volume decreased>20% patients, the D mean, V 70 Gy(RBE), V 60 Gy(RBE), V 50 Gy(RBE), V 40 Gy(RBE) of the bladder were significantly increased compared to those in IMPT plans (all P<0.001). However, a bladder volume reduction of ≤20% and increase of ≤20% from baseline had no significant impact on CTV and OAR dosimetric parameters during treatment. Conclusions:For patients with localized prostate cancer undergoing proton therapy, a certain bladder volume should be ensured during planning CT scans. During the daily treatment, the bladder volume should be maintained between 80%-120% of the baseline level to ensure CTV coverage and good dose sparing to OAR.
4.Exploration of a Machine Learning Based Body Constitution Model for Identifying the Twenty-five People of Yin and Yang through Hand Diagnosis
Xiaowei ZHANG ; Yanmei LOU ; Weixiang ZHOU ; Hao WANG ; Qi CHEN ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Chen ZHAO ; Shuang HU ; Kongfa HU ; Hongcai SHANG ; Xue XU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;40(12):1323-1330
OBJECTIVE To explore the construction of the physical identification model of twenty-five people of yin and yang by combining the hand diagnosis image analysis of machine learning,in order to enrich the input of physical identification features.METHODS Based on the theory of twenty-five people of yin and yang,the hand images of 542 patients with cardiovascular disease were collected by self-developed hand diagnosis acquisition equipment.The key points of the hand were extracted by the Mediapipe palm key point algorithm,and the palm area was segmented by geometry to obtain the length and color gamut characteristics of different parts.The physician with clinical license was used to determined the patient's yin and yang twenty-five constitution according to the e-lectronic medical record,and the patient's constitution was identified by comparing Random Forest,Logistic Regression,Xgboost algo-rithm and Light GBM.RESULTS This study successfully constructed a TCM constitution identification model based on hand charac-teristics,which can identify ten basic constitution types including gold wood,gold fire,gold water,gold soil,wood fire,wood water,wood soil,water fire,water soil and fire soil.After sample equalization,the Random Forest model performed best in physical identifi-cation,with an accuracy rate of 0.69,which was significantly better than other models.CONCLUSION The constitution identifica-tion model of TCM hand diagnosis based on hand characteristics can realize the constitution identification of the five elements of TCM.However,due to the use of only hand diagnosis data of TCM,the accuracy needs to be improved.Compared with the traditional body mass scale,it is more objective,convenient,highly stable and consistent.In the future,multimodal integration with face diagno-sis and whole body inspection can be carried out to promote the accuracy,intelligence and multi-dimensional evaluation ability of TCM constitution identification technology.
5.Exploration of a Machine Learning Based Body Constitution Model for Identifying the Twenty-five People of Yin and Yang through Hand Diagnosis
Xiaowei ZHANG ; Yanmei LOU ; Weixiang ZHOU ; Hao WANG ; Qi CHEN ; Xiaoyu ZHANG ; Chen ZHAO ; Shuang HU ; Kongfa HU ; Hongcai SHANG ; Xue XU
Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024;40(12):1323-1330
OBJECTIVE To explore the construction of the physical identification model of twenty-five people of yin and yang by combining the hand diagnosis image analysis of machine learning,in order to enrich the input of physical identification features.METHODS Based on the theory of twenty-five people of yin and yang,the hand images of 542 patients with cardiovascular disease were collected by self-developed hand diagnosis acquisition equipment.The key points of the hand were extracted by the Mediapipe palm key point algorithm,and the palm area was segmented by geometry to obtain the length and color gamut characteristics of different parts.The physician with clinical license was used to determined the patient's yin and yang twenty-five constitution according to the e-lectronic medical record,and the patient's constitution was identified by comparing Random Forest,Logistic Regression,Xgboost algo-rithm and Light GBM.RESULTS This study successfully constructed a TCM constitution identification model based on hand charac-teristics,which can identify ten basic constitution types including gold wood,gold fire,gold water,gold soil,wood fire,wood water,wood soil,water fire,water soil and fire soil.After sample equalization,the Random Forest model performed best in physical identifi-cation,with an accuracy rate of 0.69,which was significantly better than other models.CONCLUSION The constitution identifica-tion model of TCM hand diagnosis based on hand characteristics can realize the constitution identification of the five elements of TCM.However,due to the use of only hand diagnosis data of TCM,the accuracy needs to be improved.Compared with the traditional body mass scale,it is more objective,convenient,highly stable and consistent.In the future,multimodal integration with face diagno-sis and whole body inspection can be carried out to promote the accuracy,intelligence and multi-dimensional evaluation ability of TCM constitution identification technology.
6.Long-term outcomes of SIB intensity-modulated radiation therapy for patients with recurrent mediastinal lymph nodes after radical resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a phase Ⅰ/ II prospective single-arm clinical study
Gajincuo DU ; Shuyan LI ; Huan LI ; Siyue ZHENG ; Peiqiang YI ; Weixiang QI ; Shengguang ZHAO
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology 2023;32(12):1051-1056
Objective:To observe the long-term efficacy and late adverse reactions of simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy (SIB-IMRT) for mediastinal lymph node recurrence after radical surgery for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC).Methods:A total of 20 ESCC patients with mediastinal lymph node recurrence (≤5) after radical surgery admitted to Department of Radiotherapy, Shanghai Ruijin Hospital between June 2019 and December 2021 were enrolled in this prospective study. Among them, 10 patients were enrolled in phase I study and 10 patients in phase II study. Four, 3 and 13 patients received three different doses of SIB-IMRT at 58.8 Gy/28 fractions, 64.4 Gy/28 fractions and 70.0 Gy/28 fractions for recurrent lesions, respectively. The overall survival (OS) rate, local control rate (LCR) and progression-free survival (PFS) were calculated by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Adverse reactions were also analyzed.Results:The most common sites of recurrence were 2R and 4 L, accounting for 35% and 25%, respectively. The median follow-up time was 32 months. For patients who received salvage chemoradiation after relapse, the 1-, 2- and 3-year OS rates were 100%, 88% and 78%, the 1-, 2- and 3-year PFS rates were 85%, 78% and 78%, respectively. The most common hematological toxicities were leukocytopenia and anemia. The most common nonhematological toxicity was esophagitis. However, no grade 3 or above esophagitis, pneumonia and cardiotoxicity were found. Three patients who received SIB-IMRT at 58.8 Gy/28 fractions died of distant metastases at 2 years after treatment, and 1 patient who received SIB-IMRT at 70.0 Gy/28 fractions died of distant metastases at 16 months after treatment.Conclusion:Salvage chemoradiotherapy using SIB-IMRT is efficacious and safe for mediastinal lymph node recurrence in ESCC patients after radical resection.
7.Protective Effects of Danshen Injection on 5/6 Nephrectomy Induced Model Rats with Inflammatory Renal Injury
Qi CHEN ; Songhai CHEN ; Weixiang PAN
China Pharmacy 2015;(25):3518-3521
OBJECTIVE:To study the protective effects of Danshen injection on 5/6 nephrectomiy induced model rats with in-flammatory renal injury. METHODS:50 rats were equally randomized into a sham-operation (isometric distilled water) group,a model (isometric distilled water) group,a positive control [captopril 5 mg/(kg·d)] group and Danshen injection low-dose and high-dose [1.6,4.8 ml/(kg·d)] groups. Models were established by performing 5/6 nephrectomy on the rats in all groups except the sham-operation group. The rats were given drugs for 4 consecutive weeks from the 6th week. 24 h urine protein was determined for all rats every week. After the last administration,the contents of creatinine,urea nitrogen and interleukins 1β(IL-1β),IL-2 and IL-10 in rats’serum were determined. Pathological changes and infiltration of macrophages CD68 in rats’kidney tissues were ob-served. RESULTS:Compared to the sham-operation group,those in the model group had more 24 h urine protein and more obvi-ous renal pathologic changes during 1-4 weeks of administration,and higher contents of creatinine,urea nitrogen,IL-1β,IL-2 and IL-10 and CD68 positive expression in serum. Compared to the model group,during 2-4 weeks of administration,those in the posi-tive control group and Danshen injection low-dose and high-dose groups had less 24 h urine protein,milder renal pathologic chang-es,and lower contents of creatinine,urea nitrogen,IL-1β and CD68 positive expression in serum,and higher content of IL-10, and only the rats in the positive control group demonstrated lower IL-2 content. There of the above were statistical differences(P<0.01 or P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Danshen injection can alleviate renal pathologic changes and reduce inflammatory injury of the kidneys of 5/6 nephrectomiy induced model rats.

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