摘要目的 研究应用形变配准技术联合4DCT和MR-T2图像进行肝癌IGTV制定的可行性.方法 选择2015-2016年间首次放疗的原发性肝癌患者10例,依次完成自由呼吸下4DCT扫描,深吸气状态下MR-T2像扫描,将4DCT依呼吸时相分为10个序列.应用MIM软件进行图像配准,评价指标为门静脉、腹腔干在三维方向的最大位移及肝脏交叠度.在各序列CT图像上勾画GTV,将4DCT各时相GTV融合为IGTV;将MR-T2图像形变配准到4DCT各时相图像上,获得10个GTVDR,并融合为IGTVDR.配对t检验比较不同靶区体积差异.结果 门静脉和腹腔干在x、y、z轴向位移分别为(0.3±0.8)、(0.5±1.5)、(0.7±1.2) mm和(0.8±1.8)、(0.1±1.0)、(0.6±2.0) mm.肝脏交叠度为(115.4±13.8)%.形变配准后4DCT各时相GTV均大于配准前,平均增加8.18%(P<0.05),且各分时相形变后的GTV与MR-T2图像中勾画体积基本一致.IGTVDR显著大于形变配准前IGTV体积,平均增加了9.67%(P<0.05).结论 MR图像能显示比CT更多的信息且表现出更高对比度.勾画GTV时应将MR图像与4DCT图像相结合,基于此获得的IGTV可更好地确定靶区范围和运动轨迹,提高肝癌靶区勾画精度.

abstractsObjective To investigate the feasibility of defining the radiotherapy target of primary liver cancer using four-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR-T2) deformable image registration.Methods Ten patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who first received radiotherapy were included in this study.The 4DCT in free breathing and MR-T2 in deep breathing were acquired sequentially.4DCT were sorted into ten series of CT images according to the respiratory phase.MIM software was used for deformable image registration.The accuracy of deformable image registration was assessed by the maximal displacements in three-dimensional directions of the portal vein and the celiac trunk and the degree of liver overlapping (P-LIVER).Gross tumor volume (GTV) was delineated on different series of CT images and the internal GTV (IGTV) was merged by ten GTVs on 4DCT images in each phase.The MR-T2 image was deformably registered to 4DCT images in each phase to acquire ten GTVDR.The IGTVDRwas obtained by merging the ten GTVDR.The differences between different target volumes were compared by paired t-test.Results The maximal displacements in three-dimensional directions of the portal vein were 0.3±0.8 mm along the x-axis, 0.8±1.8 mm along the y-axis, and 0.5±1.5 mm along the z-axis.The maximal displacements in three-dimensional directions of the celiac trunk were 0.1±1.0 mm along the x-axis, 0.7±1.2 mm along the y-axis, and 0.6±2.0 mm along the z-axis.Overlapping degree was 115.4±13.8%.The volumes of GTVs obtained from 4DCT images in each phase after DR increased by an average of 8.18%(P<0.05), and were consistent with those delineated on MR-T2 images.The IGTV after DR increased by an average of 9.67%(P<0.05).Conclusions MRI image can show more information and have a higher contrast than CT image.MRI images should be combined with 4DCT images for delineating the GTV.It can better determine the scope and trajectory of the target and improve the delineation accuracy of HCC target.