How reliable is deep inspiration breath hold at CT simulation? Clinical impact of surface-guided breathing training in breast cancer radiotherapy
Lou Dietrich, Niklas Lackner, Andre Karius, Johann Brand, Rafael Lobao, Aliheydar Huseynli, Oliver J. Ott, Stefanie Corradini, Rainer Fietkau, Christoph Bert, Maya Shariff · 2026
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Lou Dietrich and co-authors asked how reliably breast cancer patients hold a deep breath during the planning scan for radiation treatment, in a 2026 study. Holding a deep breath lifts the chest wall away from the heart, sparing the heart from radiation. The team reviewed one hundred and fifteen patients scanned before and after a surface-guided breathing training program began.
Before training, some scans were accidentally taken in the wrong breathing state. After training, every scan caught the intended breath hold. Lung inflation during the hold rose by about nine percent, and wobble between holds fell by about a quarter. Heart dose dropped too, in one subgroup by up to ninety-six percent on some measures. Chest surface motion tracked the inner breath depth well. The authors judge the trained method dependable for planning.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lou Dietrich, Niklas Lackner, Andre Karius, Johann Brand, Rafael Lobao, Aliheydar Huseynli, Oliver J. Ott, Stefanie Corradini, Rainer Fietkau, Christoph Bert, Maya Shariff |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |