Artificial intelligence in radiation oncology

E Huynh, A Hosny, C Guthier, DS Bitterman… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to fundamentally alter the way medicine is
practised. AI platforms excel in recognizing complex patterns in medical data and provide a …

Integrated MRI-guided radiotherapy—opportunities and challenges

PJ Keall, C Brighi, C Glide-Hurst, G Liney… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
MRI can help to categorize tissues as malignant or non-malignant both anatomically and
functionally, with a high level of spatial and temporal resolution. This non-invasive imaging …

[HTML][HTML] Technical design and concept of a 0.35 T MR-Linac

S Klüter - Clinical and translational radiation oncology, 2019 - Elsevier
The integration of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and linear accelerators into hybrid
treatment systems has made MR-guided radiation therapy a clinical reality. This work …

First patients treated with a 1.5 T MRI-Linac: clinical proof of concept of a high-precision, high-field MRI guided radiotherapy treatment

BW Raaymakers, IM Jürgenliemk-Schulz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The integration of 1.5 T MRI functionality with a radiotherapy linear accelerator (linac) has
been pursued since 1999 by the UMC Utrecht in close collaboration with Elekta and Philips …

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 …

Deep learning based synthetic‐CT generation in radiotherapy and PET: a review

MF Spadea, M Maspero, P Zaffino, J Seco - Medical physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Recently, deep learning (DL)‐based methods for the generation of synthetic
computed tomography (sCT) have received significant research attention as an alternative to …

MRI-guided radiation therapy: an emerging paradigm in adaptive radiation oncology

R Otazo, P Lambin, JP Pignol, ME Ladd… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Radiation therapy (RT) continues to be one of the mainstays of cancer treatment.
Considerable efforts have been recently devoted to integrating MRI into clinical RT planning …

Real-time intrafraction motion monitoring in external beam radiotherapy

J Bertholet, A Knopf, B Eiben… - Physics in medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiotherapy (RT) aims to deliver a spatially conformal dose of radiation to tumours while
maximizing the dose sparing to healthy tissues. However, the internal patient anatomy is …

The transformation of radiation oncology using real-time magnetic resonance guidance: A review

WA Hall, ES Paulson, UA van der Heide… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy (RT) is an essential component of effective cancer care and is used
across nearly all cancer types. The delivery of RT is becoming more precise through rapid …

Medical physics challenges in clinical MR-guided radiotherapy

C Kurz, G Buizza, G Landry, F Kamp, M Rabe… - Radiation …, 2020 - Springer
The integration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for guidance in external beam
radiotherapy has faced significant research and development efforts in recent years. The …