The future of image-guided radiotherapy will be MR guided

JM Pollard, Z Wen, R Sadagopan… - The British journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Advances in image-guided radiotherapy (RT) have allowed for dose escalation and more
precise radiation treatment delivery. Each decade brings new imaging technologies to help …

MRI simulation for radiotherapy treatment planning

S Devic - Medical physics, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, the computed tomography simulator became the standard of the
contemporary radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP) process. Along the same time, the …

MRI-guided prostate adaptive radiotherapy–A systematic review

AJ McPartlin, XA Li, LE Kershaw, U Heide… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dose escalated radiotherapy improves outcomes for men with prostate cancer. A plateau for
benefit from dose escalation using EBRT may not have been reached for some patients with …

Anatomical imaging for radiotherapy

PM Evans - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of radiation therapy is to achieve maximal therapeutic benefit expressed in terms of
a high probability of local control of disease with minimal side effects. Physically this often …

A two‐step scheme for distortion rectification of magnetic resonance images

LN Baldwin, K Wachowicz, BG Fallone - Medical physics, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work is to demonstrate a complete, robust, and time‐efficient method for
distortion correction of magnetic resonance (MR) images. It is well known that MR images …

An evaluation of four CT–MRI co-registration techniques for radiotherapy treatment planning of prone rectal cancer patients

CJ Dean, JR Sykes, RA Cooper… - The British journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: MRI is the preferred staging modality for rectal carcinoma patients. This work
assesses the CT–MRI co-registration accuracy of four commercial rigid-body techniques for …

Assessment of dosimetric impact of system specific geometric distortion in an MRI only based radiotherapy workflow for prostate

C Gustafsson, F Nordström, E Persson… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Dosimetric errors in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) only radiotherapy workflow may
be caused by system specific geometric distortion from MRI. The aim of this study was to …

Predictive value of MRI in the localization, staging, volume estimation, assessment of aggressiveness, and guidance of radiotherapy and biopsies in prostate cancer

D Yakar, OA Debats, JGR Bomers… - Journal of magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential of being the ideal
prostate cancer (PCa) assessment tool. Information gathered with multiparametric MRI can …

Registration free automatic identification of gold fiducial markers in MRI target delineation images for prostate radiotherapy

C Gustafsson, J Korhonen, E Persson… - Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The superior soft tissue contrast of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared to
computed tomography (CT) has urged the integration of MRI and elimination of CT in …

Current state of image guidance in radiation oncology: implications for PTV margin expansion and adaptive therapy

W Zou, L Dong, BKK Teo - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
Image guidance technology has evolved and seen widespread application in the past
several decades. Advancements in the diagnostic imaging field have found new …