Statistical analysis and correlation discovery of tumor respiratory motion.
Tumors, especially in the thorax and abdomen, are subject to respiratory motion, and understanding the structure of respiratory motion is a key component to the management and control of disease in these sites. We have applied statistical analysis and correlation discovery methods to analyze and mine tumor respiratory motion based on a finite state model of tumor motion. Aggregates (such as minimum, maximum, average and mean), histograms, percentages, linear regression and multi-round statistical analysis have been explored. The results have been represented in various formats, including tables, graphs and text description. Different graphs, for example scatter plots, clustered column figures, 100% stacked column figures and box-whisker plots, have been applied to highlight different aspects of the results. The internal tumor motion from 42 lung tumors, 30 of which have motion larger than 5 mm, has been analyzed. Results for both inter-patient and intra-patient motion characteristics, such as duration and travel distance patterns, are reported. New knowledge of patient-specific tumor motion characteristics have been discovered, such as expected correlations between properties. The discovered tumor motion characteristics will be utilized in different aspects of image-guided radiation treatment, including treatment planning, online tumor motion prediction and real-time radiation dose delivery.
Computer and Information Technology, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indiana University/PUI, Indianapolis IN 46202, USA. hw9@iupui.edu
Huanmei
H
Wu
Gregory C
GC
Sharp
Qingya
Q
Zhao
Hiroki
H
Shirato
Steve B
SB
Jiang
D003198:Computer Simulation; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009068:Movement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D015656:Respiratory Mechanics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013223:Statistics as Topic