Research Article

CT-MR Image Fusion for Post-Implant Dosimetry Analysis in Brain Tumor Seed Implantation- a Preliminary Study

Table 3

Correlation analysis of factors associated with the fusion-CT CTV ratio.

D90fusion/CTV100fusion/CTTotal V100Implanted seed number

1.19 ± 0.170.96 ± 0.0436.16 ± 35.7925.44 ± 17.58
Pearson r-0.6970.7710.3060.271
p0.003<0.0010.2490.309
CorrelationSignificantSignificantLowLow

= mean±standard deviation; Vfusion/CT = ratio of CTV on fusion images to CTV on CT images; V100fusion/CT = ratio of V100 on fusion images to V100 on CT images; Total V100 = total volume of the V100 dose cloud.