Tissue mimicking materials for imaging and therapy phantoms: a review

CK McGarry, LJ Grattan, AM Ivory, F Leek… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Tissue mimicking materials (TMMs), typically contained within phantoms, have been used
for many decades in both imaging and therapeutic applications. This review investigates the …

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 …

Radiation dosimetry by use of radiosensitive hydrogels and polymers: mechanisms, state-of-the-art and perspective from 3D to 4D

Y De Deene - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gel dosimetry was developed in the 1990s in response to a growing need for methods to
validate the radiation dose distribution delivered to cancer patients receiving high-precision …

Machine QA for the Elekta Unity system: a report from the Elekta MR‐linac consortium

DA Roberts, C Sandin, PT Vesanen, H Lee… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, magnetic resonance image‐guided radiotherapy systems have
been introduced into the clinic, allowing for daily online plan adaption. While quality …

Adaptive radiotherapy in the management of cervical cancer: review of strategies and clinical implementation

CE Shelley, LH Barraclough, CL Nelder, SJ Otter… - Clinical Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
The complex and varied motion of the cervix–uterus target during external beam
radiotherapy (EBRT) underscores the clinical benefits afforded by adaptive radiotherapy …

Multicenter evaluation of MRI‐based radiomic features: A phantom study

R Rai, LC Holloway, C Brink, M Field… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction This work describes the development of a novel radiomics phantom designed
for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can be used in a multicenter setting. The …

Online prediction for respiratory movement compensation: a patient-specific gating control for MRI-guided radiotherapy

Y Li, Z Li, J Zhu, B Li, H Shu, D Ge - Radiation Oncology, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aims to validate the effectiveness of linear regression for motion
prediction of internal organs or tumors on 2D cine-MR and to present an online gating signal …

Magnetic field induced dose effects in radiation therapy using MR‐linacs

CY Huang, B Yang, WW Lam, H Geng… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
MR‐guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) is one of the most significant advances in radiotherapy in
recent years. The hybrid systems were designed to visualize patient anatomical and …

[HTML][HTML] The quality assurance of a 1.5 T MR-Linac

HL Riis, J Chick, A Dunlop, D Tilly - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent introduction of a commercial 1.5 T MR-linac system has considerably improved
the image quality of the patient acquired in the treatment unit as well as enabling online …

Gel dosimetry: An overview of dosimetry systems and read out methods

Y De Deene, A Jirasek - Radiation Measurements, 2024 - Elsevier
Gel dosimetry has emerged over the past three decades in response to a growing need in
high-precision radiotherapy to assess, in three dimensions, the absorbed radiation dose, as …