Magnetic resonance linear accelerator technology and adaptive radiation therapy: An overview for clinicians

WA Hall, E Paulson, XA Li, B Erickson… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation therapy (RT) continues to play an important role in the treatment of cancer.
Adaptive RT (ART) is a novel method through which RT treatments are evolving. With the …

History of technological advancements towards MR-Linac: the future of image-guided radiotherapy

N Rammohan, JW Randall, P Yadav - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) enables optimal tumor targeting and sparing of organs-at-
risk, which ultimately results in improved outcomes for patients. Magnetic resonance …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the metrics used to assess auto-contouring systems in radiotherapy

K Mackay, D Bernstein, B Glocker, K Kamnitsas… - Clinical Oncology, 2023 - Elsevier
Auto-contouring could revolutionise future planning of radiotherapy treatment. The lack of
consensus on how to assess and validate auto-contouring systems currently limits clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Patient specific deep learning based segmentation for magnetic resonance guided prostate radiotherapy

S Fransson, D Tilly, R Strand - Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose Treatments on combined Magnetic Resonance (MR)
scanners and Linear Accelerators (Linacs) for radiotherapy, called MR-Linacs, often require …

[HTML][HTML] Patient-specific daily updated deep learning auto-segmentation for MRI-guided adaptive radiotherapy

Z Li, W Zhang, B Li, J Zhu, Y Peng, C Li, J Zhu… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and purpose Deep Learning (DL) technique has shown great potential
but still has limited success in online contouring for MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy …

Plan quality in radiotherapy treatment planning–Review of the factors and challenges

CR Hansen, M Hussein, U Bernchou… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A high‐quality treatment plan aims to best achieve the clinical prescription, balancing high
target dose to maximise tumour control against sufficiently low organ‐at‐risk dose for …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic contour refinement for deep learning auto-segmentation of complex organs in MRI-guided adaptive radiation therapy

J Ding, Y Zhang, A Amjad, J Xu, D Thill, XA Li - Advances in Radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Fast and accurate auto-segmentation on daily images is essential for magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI)–guided adaptive radiation therapy (ART). However, the state-of …

Potential of deep learning in quantitative magnetic resonance imaging for personalized radiotherapy

OJ Gurney-Champion, G Landry, KR Redalen… - Seminars in radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI) has been shown to provide many potential
advantages for personalized adaptive radiotherapy (RT). Deep learning models have …

Real-time 4D MRI using MR signature matching (MRSIGMA) on a 1.5 T MR-Linac system

C Wu, V Murray, SS Siddiq, N Tyagi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. To develop real-time 4D MRI using MR signature matching (MRSIGMA) for
volumetric motion imaging in patients with pancreatic cancer on a 1.5 T MR-Linac system …

Investigation of autosegmentation techniques on T2‐weighted MRI for off‐line dose reconstruction in MR‐linac workflow for head and neck cancers

BA McDonald, CE Cardenas, N O'Connell… - Medical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background In order to accurately accumulate delivered dose for head and neck cancer
patients treated with the Adapt to Position workflow on the 1.5 T magnetic resonance …