Prostate volume determination: Differential volume measurements comparing CT and TRUS

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• 作者：Karl Mikael Kä ; lkner ; Gregory Kubicek ; Josef Nilsson ; Marie Lundell ; Seymour Levitt ; Sten Nilsson
• 关键词：Prostate volume ; Computerised tomography (CT) ; Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) ; Brachytherapy
• 刊名：Radiotherapy and Oncology
• 出版年：2006
• 期刊代码：231_01678140
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：November 2006
• 卷：81
• 期：2
• 页码：179-183
• 文件大小：121 K

摘要

>Purpose

To compare the differences in prostate volume assessed by computerized tomography (CT), step-section transrectal ultrasound (TRUS-step), and TRUS with ellipsoid-formula volume calculation (TRUS-ellipsoid).

Methods and materials

Thirty-one patients with localized prostate cancer treated with combined external conformal radiotherapy and high dose rate brachytherapy, who had prostate volumes evaluated using CT, TRUS-step and TRUS-ellipsoid according to our clinical routine for dose planning. The measurements were collected retrospectively based on actual dose-plans.

Results

The prostate volume was on average 34 cc (range 18–60 cc) according to CT, 28 cc (range 12–57 cc) and 24 cc (range 13–44 cc) according to TRUS-step and TRUS-ellipsoid, respectively. The differences between the lengths measured were most pronounced with a mean length of 4.5 cm (range 3.0–6.0 cm) defined by CT as compared to 3.6 cm (range 3.0–5.0 cm) and 3.6 cm (range 2.8–5.0 cm) when defined by TRUS-step and TRUS-ellipsoid, respectively.

Conclusion

CT defined volumes are 30%larger than volumes defined with TRUS-step. This is probably due to uncertainty in defining the apex of the prostate and thereby the length of the prostate using CT. When defining target in radiotherapy, it is important to be aware of the differences in volumes depending on the technique used.