Liver Function After Irradiation Based on Computed Tomographic Portal Vein Perfusion Imaging
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Purpose: To determine whether individual and regional liver sensitivity to radiation could be assessed by measuring liver perfusion during a course of treatment using dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography scanning. Methods and Materials: Patients with intrahepatic cancer undergoing conformal radiotherapy underwent dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (to measure perfusion distribution) and an indocyanine extraction study (to measure liver function) before, during, and 1 month after treatment. We hoped to determine whether the residual functioning liver (i.e., those regions showing portal vein perfusion) could be used to predict overall liver function after irradiation. Results: Radiation doses from 45 to 84 Gy resulted in undetectable regional portal vein perfusion 1 month after treatment. The volume of each liver with undetectable portal vein perfusion ranged from 0 to 39% and depended both on the patient's sensitivity and on dose distribution. There was a significant correlation between indocyanine green clearance and the mean of the estimated portal vein perfusion in the functional liver parenchyma (p < 0.001). Conclusion: This study reveals substantial individual variability in the sensitivity of the liver to irradiation. In addition, these findings suggest that hepatic perfusion imaging may be a marker for liver function and has the potential to be a tool for individualizing therapy.
- OSTI ID:
- 21039713
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 70, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.078; PII: S0360-3016(07)01031-0; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0360-3016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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