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Segmental analysis of respiratory liver motion in patients with and without a history of abdominal surgery

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Purpose

The purpose of this study was to analyze the respiratory motion of each segment of the liver in patients with or without a history of abdominal surgery using four-dimensional computed tomography.

Materials and methods

In total, 57 patients treated for abdominal tumors using proton beam therapy were enrolled. Eighteen patients had a history of abdominal surgery and 39 did not. The positions of clearly demarcated, high-density regions in the liver were measured as evaluation points with which to quantify the motion of each liver segment according to the Couinaud classification.

Results

In total, 218 evaluation points were analyzed. Comparison of differences in the motion of individual liver segments showed that among patients without a history of surgery, the maximum was 29.0 (7.2–42.1) mm in S6 and the minimum was 15.1 (10.6–19.3) mm in S4. Among patients with a history of surgery, the maximum was 28.0 (9.0–37.4) mm in S7 and the minimum was 6.3 (4.1–9.3) mm in S3.

Conclusion

The distances and directions of respiratory motion differed for each liver segment, and a history of abdominal surgery reduced the respiratory motion of the liver. It is necessary to selectively use the internal margin setting.

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Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the work of the members of the Proton Therapy Center at Fukui Prefectural Hospital as well as the staff of the Radiology Department at Kanazawa University for their understanding and support.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, 920-8640, Japan

    Yasuhiro Shimizu, Shigeyuki Takamatsu, Tomoyasu Kumano & Toshifumi Gabata

  2. Proton Therapy Center, Fukui Prefectural Hospital, Fukui, 910-8526, Japan

    Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kazutaka Yamamoto, Yoshikazu Maeda, Makoto Sasaki, Hiroyasu Tamamura & Sayuri Bou

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Shimizu, Y., Takamatsu, S., Yamamoto, K. et al. Segmental analysis of respiratory liver motion in patients with and without a history of abdominal surgery. Jpn J Radiol 36, 511–518 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-018-0750-3

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