EP3542374A1 - Dispositif de radiotherapie par mini-faisceaux - Google Patents
Dispositif de radiotherapie par mini-faisceauxInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
- A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
- A61N5/1042—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy with spatial modulation of the radiation beam within the treatment head
- A61N5/1045—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy with spatial modulation of the radiation beam within the treatment head using a multi-leaf collimator, e.g. for intensity modulated radiation therapy or IMRT
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- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21K—HANDLING OF PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
- G21K1/00—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating
- G21K1/02—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators
- G21K1/025—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators using multiple collimators, e.g. Bucky screens; other devices for eliminating undesired or dispersed radiation
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- H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; Circuits therefor
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- the present invention relates to the field of radiotherapy by mini-beams, a type of radiotherapy based on the spatial splitting of energy.
- the present invention relates in particular to a device, comprising a collimator, for generating mini-beams from an incident beam.
- the mini-beams form alternating zones of high energy and zones of lower energy.
- Mini-beam radiotherapy has its main application in the field of the treatment of local cancer tumors and in particular in the case of tumors positioned in regions where surgical procedures are prohibited. Mini-beam radiotherapy provides greater efficiency in treating the tumor by delivering a higher overall dose than conventional radiotherapy beams, while providing increased preservation of surrounding healthy tissue.
- microbeam radiotherapy has been known for a long time. This technique is particularly suitable for the treatment of local cancer tumors.
- the method of microbeam radiotherapy which consists in using beams smaller than 1 mm and having an alternation of lines.
- micro-beam implementation devices as described in the state of the art are essentially based on the use of an incident beam from synchrotron radiation.
- An object of the invention is to provide a lower cost device that can be produced on an industrial scale.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device having a reduced size that can be installed in a hospital structure.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device whose implementation and maintenance are simpler.
- a multi-blade collimator comprising an array of blades and slots, said array comprising an alternation of blades and slots and extending in a longitudinal direction, said longitudinal direction being defined as a direction extending from a network entry plane to an exit plan of the network, each blade being located between two slots;
- At least one blade of the network has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade of the network in the input plane of the network, and / or
- At least one blade of the network has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade of the network in the output plane of the network, and / or
- At least one slot of the network has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other slot of the network in the input plane of the network, and / or
- At least one slot of the network has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other slot of the network in the output plane of the network, and / or
- a thickness of at least one blade of the grating varies according to the longitudinal direction, and / or
- the multileaf collimator according to the invention may have a duct extending in the longitudinal direction and located upstream of the input plane of the network.
- each of the grating blades in any of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction may be greater than 300 ⁇ m and / or less than 2 mm.
- a distance, along the longitudinal direction, between the input plane of the network and the exit plane of the network may be greater than 1 cm and / or less than 6 cm.
- At least one blade of the network may have a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade of the network in the input plane of the network.
- At least one blade of the network may have a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade of the network in the output plane of the network.
- At least one blade of the network may have a thickness in the input plane of the network different from a thickness in the output plane of the network.
- the multileaf collimator according to the invention may comprise at least 3 slits and / or at least 2 slats.
- each of the grating slits in any of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction may be greater than 300 ⁇ m and / or less than 1 mm.
- At least one slot of the network may have a thickness in the input plane of the network different from a thickness of at least one other slot of the network in the input plane of the network.
- At least one slot of the network may have a thickness in the output plane of the network different from a thickness of at least one other slot of the network in the output plane of the network.
- At least one slot of the network may have a thickness in the input plane of the network different from a thickness in the output plane of the network.
- the blades and / or the successive slots of the network may have respective thicknesses in any of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction which vary increasingly or which remain constant away from a central plane of the grating in two opposite directions perpendicular to the central plane of the grating, the central plane of the grating being parallel to the longitudinal direction and connecting two opposite inner walls of the multi-blade collimator between which the blades extend .
- the successive slit / blade interfaces may form respective angles with respect to a central plane of the grating which vary in an increasing manner or which remain constant while moving away from the central plane of the grating in two opposite directions perpendicular to the central plane of the grating, each of these angles having its vertex upstream of the input plane of the network with respect to the longitudinal direction, the central plane of the network being parallel to the longitudinal direction and connecting two opposite inner walls of the multi-blade collimator between which the blades extend.
- the network may be symmetrical with respect to the central plane of the network.
- the multileaf collimator according to the invention may comprise a plug arranged to be removably disposed on the collimator downstream of the exit plane of the array with respect to the longitudinal direction, said plug being arranged to delimit a size and / or a shape of an arrangement of beams emerging from the multi-blade collimator.
- a device comprising a multileaf collimator according to the invention, said device being characterized in that it comprises a source of emission of an electromagnetic incident beam and / or a source of emission of an incident beam of subatomic particles, said source being arranged to emit the beam in the direction of the input plane of the network, said multileaf collimator being arranged to obtain a beam arrangement from the incident beam.
- the source may emit a divergent incident beam.
- the bundle arrangement may be wider than
- the bundle arrangement can form an alternation of high energy lines and lower energy lines.
- the source of electromagnetic radiation can be an X-ray source.
- the X-ray source can be a cathode source.
- a method of manufacturing a multi-leaf collimator according to the invention the multi-leaf collimator being intended to be integrated in a device according to the invention, said method being characterized in that He understands :
- the desired beam arrangement by successive iterations of the step of entering the parameters characterizing the collimator.
- the at least one calculation step can be performed from a Monte Carlo algorithm.
- the parameters characterizing the source may include: a voltage of the source, and / or
- each blade as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction, and / or
- each slot as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction.
- the at least one calculation step may further include calculating the relative positions of the source, the multi-blade collimator and / or the target.
- FIGURE 1 is a schematic representation of a profile sectional view of the network of blades and slots of a multi-blade collimator according to the invention.
- FIGURE 2 is a schematic representation of a top view of the multi-blade collimator blade and slit array of FIGURE 1, illustrating the entrance face of the array of slats and slits.
- FIGURE 3 is a schematic representation of a sectional view of the multi-leaf collimator of FIGURE 1.
- FIGURE 4 is a schematic side view of a device according to the invention comprising the multi-leaf collimator of FIGURE 1.
- FIGURE 5 is a graph showing a transverse dose profile of the beam arrangement 22 in a plane:
- o for a simulated mini-beam matrix obtained from data relating to the arrangement of a device according to the invention, calculated from a Monte-Carlo algorithm; o for a matrix of mini-beams measured from a multileaf collimator according to the invention manufactured from said calculated data.
- variants of the invention comprising only a selection of characteristics described, isolated from the other characteristics described (even if this selection is isolated within a sentence including these other characteristics), if this selection of features is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the state of the prior art.
- This selection comprises at least one characteristic, preferably functional without structural details, or with only a part of the structural details if this part alone is sufficient to confer a technical advantage or to differentiate the invention from the state of the prior art .
- FIG. 1 to 5 will now describe an embodiment of multi-blade collimator 1 according to the invention comprising an array 2 of blades 3 and slots 4, and a device 12 comprising the multileaf collimator 1.
- the network 2 comprises an alternation of blades 3 and slots 4 and extends in a longitudinal direction 5.
- Each of the blades 3 and slots 4 extends at least partly (more exactly mainly) in the longitudinal direction 5, but may further extend with a component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5.
- the longitudinal direction is defined as a direction extending from an input plane 6 of the grating 2 to an outlet plane 7 of the grating 2, each blade 3 being situated between two slots 4.
- Longitudinal direction 5 means in the present description a single direction:
- the central plane 10 of the network 2 is parallel to the longitudinal direction 5 and connects two opposite inner walls 8 of the multileaf collimator 1 between which the blades 3 extend.
- the median plane 9 of a blade 3 or a slot 4 comprises:
- said blade 3 or said slot 4 extending in a direction connecting the two opposite inner walls 8 between which the blades 3 extend in the input plane 6 of the network 2, and
- said blade 3 or said slot 4 extending in a direction connecting the two opposite inner walls 8 between which the blades 3 extend in the outlet plane 7 of the network 2.
- the input plane 6 of the network 2 and the output plane 7 of the network 2 are parallel to each other.
- the longitudinal direction 5 is perpendicular to the input plane 6 of the network 2.
- the longitudinal direction 5 is perpendicular to the outlet plane 7 of the grating 2.
- the multileaf collimator 1 is made of brass by electroerosion.
- the thickness of a blade 3 or of a slot 4 is defined as being measured:
- At least one blade 3 (more exactly several blades 3, more exactly each blade 3) of the network 2 of the multileaf collimator 1 has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade 3 of the network. 2 in the input plane 6 of the network 2.
- At least one blade 3 (more exactly several blades 3, more exactly each blade 3) of the network 2 of the multileaf collimator 1 has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other blade 3 of the network 2 in the output plane 7 of the network 2.
- At least one slot 4 (more exactly several slots 4, more exactly each slot 4) of the network 2 has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other slot 4 of the network 2 in the input plane 6 of the network 2 .
- At least one slot 4 (more exactly several slots 4, more exactly each slot 4) of the network 2 has a thickness different from a thickness of at least one other slot 6 of the grating 2 in the plane output 7 of the network 2.
- Each slot 4 has a thickness which remains constant along the longitudinal direction.
- a thickness of at least one blade 3 (more exactly of several blades 3, at least the closest to the plane 10) of the grating 2 varies along the longitudinal direction 5.
- At least one blade 3 (more exactly several blades 3, at least the closest to the plane 10) of the network 2 has a thickness in the input plane 6 of the network 2 different from a thickness in the output plane 7 of the network 2.
- the thickness of each of the blades 3 of the grating 2 in any one of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 is between 300 ⁇ m and 2 mm.
- the thickness of each of the blades 3 of the grating 2 in any of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 is preferably between 500 ⁇ m and 1.3 mm. thickness ranging from 540 to 850 ⁇ m in the embodiment illustrated in FIG.
- any range of values includes the limit values or limits of this interval.
- each of the slots 4 of the grating 2 in any one of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction
- each of the slots 4 of the grating 2 in any of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 is preferably between 350 and 550 ⁇ m, this thickness being between 400 and 500 ⁇ m in the embodiment shown in FIG. FIGURE 1.
- FIGURE 1 In the embodiment as illustrated in FIGURE 1:
- the successive adjacent blades 3 of the grating 2 have respective thicknesses in any one of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 which vary in increasing manner or which remain constant as one moves away from a central plane (or symmetry) 10 of the network 2 in two opposite directions perpendicular to the central plane 10 of the network 2, and / or
- the successive successive slots 4 of the grating 2 have respective thicknesses in any one of the planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 which vary in an increasing manner or which remain constant as one moves away from a plane central (or symmetrical) 10 of the network 2 in two opposite directions perpendicular to the central plane 10 of the network 2,
- the central plane 10 of the network 2 being parallel to the longitudinal direction 5 and connecting the two opposite inner walls 8 of the multileaf collimator 1 between which the blades 3 extend.
- the central plane 10 of the grating 2 is parallel to the longitudinal direction 5 and comprises:
- a median of an exit face of the network 2, extending between two opposite faces 8 between which the blades 3 of the network 2 extend.
- the input face and the output face are defined by the periphery 21 of the network 2, respectively in the input plane 6 of the network 2 and in the output plane 7 of the network 2.
- the central plane 10 of the network 2 coincides with the median plane 9 of the central slot 4, 41 comprising the central plane 10 of the network 2.
- the central plane 10 of the network 2 constitutes a plane of symmetry:
- the slot / blade interfaces (that is to say between a neighboring blade 3 and a slot 4 or vice versa) form respective angles with respect to a central plane 10 of the network 2 which varies in increasing manner or which remain constant as one moves away from the central plane 10 of the network 2 in two opposite directions perpendicular to the central plane 10 of the network 2, each of these angles having its vertex upstream of the input plane 6 of the grating 2 with respect to the longitudinal direction 5 (that is to say on the side opposite the grating 2 with respect to the plane 6), the central plane 10 of the grating 2 being parallel to the longitudinal direction 5 and connecting the two opposite inner walls 8 of the multileaf collimator 1 between which the blades 3 of the grating 2 extend.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic representation of a top view of the network 2 of blades 3 and slots 4 of the multileaf collimator 1 illustrating the entrance face of the grating 2.
- FIGURE 3 is a schematic representation of a profile sectional view of the multileaf collimator 1.
- the multileaf collimator 1 further comprises a duct 11 extending in the longitudinal direction 5 and located upstream of the input plane 6 of the grating 2 relative to the longitudinal direction 5 (that is to say on the opposite side of the network 2 relative to the plane 6).
- the duct 11 is oriented in the longitudinal direction 5 and extends:
- the conduit 11 has an axis of symmetry coinciding with the center of the input face of the network 2, said input face being defined by the periphery 21 of the network 2 in the input plane 6 of the network 2.
- the walls of the multileaf collimator 1 surrounding the duct 11 have a thickness of between 6 and 0.5 cm, preferably between 3 and 1 cm, said thickness being 1.75 cm in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3.
- the length of the duct 11 is understood as the length between the inlet 18 of the duct 11 and the inlet plane 6 of the grating 2.
- the length of the duct 11 is between 1 and 10 cm, preferably between 3 and 8 cm. more preferably between 4 and 7 cm, it is 6 cm in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3.
- a flange portion 19 extends on either side of the multileaf collimator 1 in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5; said perpendicular plane being located at the inlet 18 of the duct 11.
- This flange portion 19 extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 5 by a distance of between 10 and 1 cm, preferably between 5 and 2 cm, this distance being 2.54 cm in the embodiment shown.
- a distance, along the longitudinal direction 5, between the input plane 6 of the network 2 and the output plane 7 of the network 2 is between 1 and 6 cm, preferably between 2 and 4 cm, the distance being equal to 3 cm in the particular embodiment shown.
- FIGURE 4 is a schematic representation of a device 12 according to a particular embodiment comprising the network 2 of blades 3 and slots 4 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIGURES I and 2, and the multileaf collimator 1 according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3.
- the device 12 comprises a source 13 for emitting an electromagnetic incident beam 14 and / or a source 13 for emitting an incident beam 14 of subatomic particles, the source 13 being arranged to emit said incident beam 14 in the direction of the input plane 6 of the network.
- the multileaf collimator 1 is arranged to obtain, on the output plane 7 side, an arrangement of beams 22 from the incident beam 14 situated on the input plane 6 side.
- the incident beam 14 is emitted towards the inlet 18 of the duct
- the source 13 emits a divergent incident beam 14.
- the divergence of the incident beam 14 is greater than 0.1 degrees, typically greater than 5 degrees, and / or preferably less than 45 degrees, the divergence being 20 ° in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 .
- Each beam of the beam arrangement 22 (at the exit of each of the slots 4) has a divergence smaller than that of the incident beam 14, preferably less than 10 degrees, preferably less than 5 degrees, preferably less than 0.1. degrees, preferably zero.
- the arrangement of beams 22, according to the illustrated embodiment, has in the outlet plane 6 a width greater than 1 mm, preferably between 1 mm and 10 cm, preferably between 1 and 5 cm, this width being 1 , 2 cm with a square shape in the embodiment shown.
- the bundle arrangement 22 obtained is commonly referred to by those skilled in the art as the "network of minibeams" or "array of minibeams".
- the source 13 of electromagnetic radiation is an X-ray source.
- the X-ray source 13 is a reference SARRP cathode source VARIAN NDI-225-22, consisting of an X-ray tube with a maximum voltage of 220 kV and an electrical current of 13 mA.
- the incident beam 14 has an average energy of several tens of keV, a center dose rate of 0.82 Gy / min at a distance of 35 cm from the source and for a field size of 0.5 mm, a total field of about 4 x 4 cm 2 and a divergence of 20 °.
- FIGURE 5 is a graph showing a transverse dose profile (in arbitrary unit) of the bundle arrangement 22 in a plane downstream of the output plane 7 of the grating 2 (i.e. the opposite side of the network 2 with respect to plane 7) and at a depth of 1 cm in a water phantom:
- the device 12 makes it possible to obtain the arrangement of beams 22 forming an alternation of high energy lines 15 and lines of lower energy 16 (this lower energy being able to be zero).
- the beam arrangement 22 is a one-dimensional array of beams, i.e. alternating beams (of high energy and lower energy) in a spatial direction.
- the transverse energy or dose profile of the low energy lines 16 in the material is not zero due to a diffusion in the material of particles from the high energy lines adjacent to the low energy lines 16.
- the maximum energy of the line 15, 151 of higher energy is at least ten times greater than the minimum energy of the line 16 of lower energy to 1 cm deep in a water phantom .
- the maximum energy of the line 151 more High energy can be at least 20 times greater than the minimum energy of the lower energy line 16.
- the ratio between the maximum energy of a high energy line and the maximum energy of a low energy line 16 is commonly referred to by those skilled in the art as “peak / valley ratio” or “peak to valley ratio”. "the term valley referring to a low energy line 16 and the term peak to a high energy line 15.
- the width at half height of a peak 15 is close to 0.7 mm, at 1 cm deep in a water phantom, and the width at half height of a valley 16 is close. 0.7 mm, 1 cm deep in a water phantom.
- the width at mid-height of an energy peak is between 300 and 800 ⁇ m, preferably between 400 and 700 ⁇ m, more preferably between 400 and 700 ⁇ m. 600 pm; the width at mid-height of an energy valley 16 is between 300 and 800 ⁇ m, preferably between 400 and 700 ⁇ m, more preferably between 400 and 600 ⁇ m.
- the width at mid-height of the valleys will be equal to the width at mid-heights of the peaks.
- the device 12 comprises a support 20, on which the target 17 intended to be irradiated can be placed, said support 20 being able to be displaced in translation and / or in rotation with respect to the arrangement of beams 22.
- the support 20 makes it possible to bring the target 17 closer to a distance of less than 20 cm from an output of the multi-leaf collimator 1. This bringing about has the effect of increasing the dose rate delivered to the target 17 by a factor of at least 3.
- Said support 20 can also make it possible, by rotating it, to perform interlaced irradiations of the target 17.
- FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 We will now describe an embodiment of a method of manufacturing a multileaf collimator 1 according to the invention illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the multileaf collimator 1 being intended to be integrated into the device 12 according to the illustrated invention. in FIGURE 4.
- This process comprises: a capture, in technical means of calculation, of parameters characterizing the source 13,
- the multileaf collimator 1 as a function of the parameters entered in particular concerning the desired beam arrangement 22, or
- the parameter acquisition step characterizing the multi-blade collimator 1.
- the "calculating means” comprise only technical means, preferably electronic means (analog and / or digital), a central computer unit, a microprocessor, and / or software means.
- parameters characterizing the target 17 in particular: the absorption coefficients of the materials of the target 17 vis-à-vis the wavelengths of the incident beam 14 emitted by the source 13, and / or a distance traveled in the target 17 by the arrangement of beams 22.
- each blade 3 as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction 5, and / or
- each slot 4 as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction 5.
- the parameters entered or the calculated characteristics can also include, in addition:
- the at least one calculation step may furthermore comprise the calculation of the relative positions of the source 13, the multileaf collimator 1 and / or the target 17.
- the at least one calculation step is performed from a Monte Carlo algorithm.
- the arrangement and the distances of the network 2 as presented in FIG. 1 are obtained by implementing the method according to the invention using a Monte Carlo algorithm, with a Geant4 code version 9.1, so as to obtain a width at mid-height of the high energy lines equal to 700 pm at 1 cm depth in a water phantom and a width at mid-height of a low energy line 16 equal to 700 pm at 1 cm deep in a phantom of water, by successive iterations of the parameter acquisition step characterizing the multileaf collimator 1 that is the thickness of each blade 3 as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction 5 and the thickness of each slot 4 as a function of a coordinate along the longitudinal direction 5, and from the following parameters entered:
- the Monte Carlo algorithm is programmed to:
- the input 6 and output 7 planes of the network 2 as illustrated in FIG. 1, may not be parallel, and / or
- the opposite internal walls 8 between which the blades extend as illustrated in FIG. 2 may not be parallel, and / or
- the multi-blade collimator 1 as represented in FIG. 3 can be produced in all materials known to those skilled in the art such as, for example, any metal, such as tungsten, metal alloys, for example Brass or Wood metal also called Lipowitz alloy, and / or
- the multileaf collimator 1 as represented in FIG. 3 can be manufactured by any technique known to those skilled in the art, such as, moreover, spark erosion and / or drilling and / or blade assembly, and /or
- the network 2 of blades 3 and slots 4 of the mutlilam collimator 1 as represented in FIG. 1 and 2 can generally comprise at least three slots 4 and / or at least two blades 3, and / or
- a thickness of at least one slot 4 (preferably several slots 4, at least the closest to the plane 10) of the network 2 may vary in the longitudinal direction 5, and / or
- At least one slot 4 (preferably several slots 4, at least the closest to the plane 10) of the network 2 may have a thickness in the input plane 6 of the network 2 different from a thickness in the output plane 7 of the network 2, and / or the network 2 may not be symmetrical with respect to the central plane 10 of the network 2, and / or
- the multileaf collimator 1 may furthermore comprise a plug arranged to be preferably disposed removably on the multileaf collimator 1 downstream of the output plane 7 of the grating
- the stopper is preferably made of the same material as that in which the multileaf collimator 1 is made, and / or the source 13 as illustrated in FIG. 4 can be:
- a source of electromagnetic radiation such as an X-ray or gamma ray source, or
- a source of emission of an incident beam 14 of subatomic particles such that, inter alia, an electron source or a source of protons, and / or
- the multileaf collimator 1 may be arranged to be preferably disposed removably in the vicinity of an output of the incident beam 14 emitted by the source 13, and / or
- any analytic algorithm or numerical simulation or probabilistic algorithm such as, in addition, the Monte Carlo algorithm of Las
- Vegas or Atlantic City may be used to perform the at least one calculation step, and / or
- the target 17 may be located within an object, the absorption coefficient of the object, if different from that of the target, may be a parameter to enter.
- the distance that the beam will have to travel in the object, before propagating to the target may be a parameter to be entered, and / or
- the size of the target can also be a parameter to enter.
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