Improving the clinical workflow of a MR-Linac by dosimetric evaluation of synthetic CT

B Tang, M Liu, B Wang, P Diao, J Li, X Feng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Adaptive radiotherapy performed on the daily magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an
option to improve the treatment quality. In the adapt-to-shape workflow of 1.5-T MR-Linac …

End‐to‐end verification of an MR‐Linac using a dynamic motion phantom

X Liu, C Li, J Zhu, G Gong, H Sun, X Li, M Sun… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose MR‐Linac integrates an MRI scanner and a linear accelerator to provide adaptive
radiation treatment. Superior tissue contrast and real‐time imaging can give the clinicians …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive radiotherapy: the Elekta Unity MR-linac concept

D Winkel, GH Bol, PS Kroon, B van Asselen… - Clinical and translational …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and purpose The promise of the MR-linac is that one can visualize all
anatomical changes during the course of radiotherapy and hence adapt the treatment plan …

[HTML][HTML] A body mass index-based method for “MR-only” abdominal MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy

C Rippke, CK Renkamp, C Stahl-Arnsberger… - … für Medizinische Physik, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Dose calculation for MR-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) at the 0.35 T MR-Linac is
currently based on deformation of planning CTs (defCT) acquired for each patient. We …

On the accuracy of bulk synthetic CT for MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy

D Cusumano, L Placidi, S Teodoli, L Boldrini… - La radiologia …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose MR-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) relies on the daily assignment of a relative
electron density (RED) map to allow the fraction specific dose calculation. One approach to …

Dosimetric benefit of MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy in different tumor entities: liver, lung, abdominal lymph nodes, pancreas and prostate

L Nierer, C Eze, V da Silva Mendes, J Braun, P Thum… - Radiation …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hybrid magnetic resonance (MR)-Linac systems have recently been introduced
into clinical practice. The systems allow online adaption of the treatment plan with the aim of …

Evaluation of MRI‐only based online adaptive radiotherapy of abdominal region on MR‐linac

K Nousiainen, GV Santurio, N Lundahl… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose A hybrid magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MRL) can perform magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) with high soft‐tissue contrast to be used for online adaptive …

A daily end‐to‐end quality assurance workflow for MR‐guided online adaptive radiation therapy on MR‐Linac

X Chen, E Ahunbay, ES Paulson… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose Magnetic Resonance (MR)‐guided online adaptive radiation therapy
(MRgOART), enabled with MR‐Linac, has potential to revolutionize radiation therapy …

Quality assurance for on‐table adaptive magnetic resonance guided radiation therapy: A software tool to complement secondary dose calculation and failure modes …

C Rippke, O Schrenk, CK Renkamp… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Online adaption of treatment plans on a magnetic resonance (MR)‐Linac enables the daily
creation of new (adapted) treatment plans using current anatomical information of the patient …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic 3D Monte-Carlo-based secondary dose calculation for online verification of 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging guided radiotherapy

M Nachbar, D Mönnich, O Dohm, M Friedlein… - Physics and Imaging in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Hybrid magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR-Linac) systems
represent a novel technology for online adaptive radiotherapy. 3D secondary dose …