Technical Report: Diagnostic Scan-Based Planning (DSBP), A Method to Improve the Speed and Safety of Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Critically Ill Patients.

Treating critically ill patients in radiation oncology departments poses multiple safety risks. This study describes a method to improve the speed of radiation treatment for patients in the intensive care unit by eliminating the need for computed tomography (CT) simulation or on-table treatment planning using patients' previously acquired diagnostic CT scans. Initially, a retrospective planning study was performed to assess the applicability and safety of diagnostic scan-based planning (DSBP) for 3 typical indications for radiation therapy in patients in the intensive care unit: heterotopic ossification (10), spine metastases (cord compression; 10), and obstructive lung lesions (5). After identification of an appropriate diagnostic CT scan, treatment planning was performed using the diagnostic scan data set. These treatment plans were then transferred to the patients' simulation scans, and a dosimetric comparison was performed between the 2 sets of plans. Additionally, a time study of the first 10 patients treated with DSBP in our department was performed. The retrospective analysis demonstrated that DSBP resulted in treatment plans that, when transferred to the CT simulation data sets, provided excellent target coverage, a median D

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