The future of MRI in radiation therapy: Challenges and opportunities for the MR community

RJ Goodburn, MEP Philippens… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation therapy is a major component of cancer treatment pathways worldwide. The main
aim of this treatment is to achieve tumor control through the delivery of ionizing radiation …

Intrafraction motion management with MR-guided radiation therapy

MF Fast, M Cao, P Parikh, JJ Sonke - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
High quality radiation therapy requires highly accurate and precise dose delivery. MR-
guided radiotherapy (MRgRT), integrating an MRI scanner with a linear accelerator, offers …

Real time volumetric MRI for 3D motion tracking via geometry‐informed deep learning

L Liu, L Shen, A Johansson, JM Balter, Y Cao… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a geometry‐informed deep learning framework for volumetric MRI with
sub‐second acquisition time in support of 3D motion tracking, which is highly desirable for …

Clinical Applications and Recent Updates of Simultaneous Multi-slice Technique in Accelerated MRI

Y Zhang, Z Ye, C Xia, Y Tan, M Zhang, X Lv, J Tang… - Academic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Simultaneous multi-slice (SMS) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acceleration
technique that utilizes multi-band radio-frequency pulses to simultaneously excite and …

Live‐view 4D GRASP MRI: a framework for robust real‐time respiratory motion tracking with a sub‐second imaging latency

L Feng - Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To propose a framework called live‐view golden‐angle radial sparse parallel
(GRASP) MRI for low‐latency and high‐fidelity real‐time volumetric MRI. Methods Live‐view …

Volumetric prediction of breathing and slow drifting motion in the abdomen using radial MRI and multi-temporal resolution modeling

L Liu, A Johansson, Y Cao, TS Lawrence… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abdominal organ motions introduce geometric uncertainties to radiotherapy. This study
investigates a multi-temporal resolution 3D motion prediction scheme that accounts for both …

Real-time prediction of stomach motions based upon gastric contraction and breathing models

Y Zhang, Y Cao, R Kashani… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Precision radiation therapy requires managing motions of organs at risk that occur
during treatment. While methods have been developed for real-time respiratory motion …

Development of an abdominal dose accumulation tool and assessments of accumulated dose in gastrointestinal organs

Y Zhang, J Balter, J Dow, Y Cao… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Online adaptive radiotherapy has demonstrated improved dose conformality in
response to inter-fraction geometric variations in the abdomen. The dosimetric impact of …

A model for gastrointestinal tract motility in a 4D imaging phantom of human anatomy

E Subashi, P Segars, H Veeraraghavan… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Gastrointestinal (GI) tract motility is one of the main sources for intra/inter‐
fraction variability and uncertainty in radiation therapy for abdominal targets. Models for GI …

Quantifying intrafractional gastric motion using auto‐segmentation on MRI: Deformation and respiratory‐induced displacement compared

T Driever, MCCM Hulshof, A Bel… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose For accurate pre‐operative gastric radiotherapy, intrafractional
changes must be taken into account. The aim of this study is to quantify local gastric …