Hepatectomy-induced alterations in hepatic perfusion and function-toward multi-scale computational modeling for a better prediction of post-hepatectomy liver function

B Christ, M Collatz, U Dahmen, KH Herrmann… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Liver resection causes marked perfusion alterations in the liver remnant both on the organ
scale (vascular anatomy) and on the microscale (sinusoidal blood flow on tissue level) …

Role of functional MRI in liver SBRT: Current use and future directions

S Tadimalla, W Wang, A Haworth - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for liver radiation treatment
planning, adaptation and response assessment is an active area of clinical research …

Gastrointestinal 4D MRI with respiratory motion correction

A Johansson, JM Balter, Y Cao - Medical physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Gastrointestinal motion patterns such as peristalsis and segmental contractions can
alter the shape and position of the stomach and intestines with respect to other irradiated …

Abdominal synthetic CT generation from MR Dixon images using a U-net trained with 'semi-synthetic'CT data

L Liu, A Johansson, Y Cao, J Dow… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is gaining popularity in guiding radiation treatment for
intrahepatic cancers due to its superior soft tissue contrast and potential of monitoring …

Individualized adaptive radiation therapy allows for safe treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with Child-Turcotte-Pugh B liver disease

WC Jackson, M Tang, C Maurino… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Previous reports of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) suggest unacceptably high rates of toxicity in patients with Child-Turcotte …

The effect of stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular cancer on regional hepatic liver function

L Wei, J Simeth, MP Aryal, M Matuszak… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate direct radiation dose–related and inflammation-mediated regional
hepatic function losses after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in patients with …

Functional adaptation in radiation therapy

MM Matuszak, R Kashani, M Green, C Lee… - Seminars in radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
The promise of adaptive therapy to improve outcomes in radiation oncology has been an
area of interest and research in the community for many years. One of the sources of data …

Pulse sequences and reconstruction in Fast MR imaging of the liver

H Kabasawa, S Kiryu - Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The liver moves with respiratory motion. Respiratory motion causes image artifacts as MRI is
a motionsensitive imaging modality; thus, MRI scan speed improvement has been an …

A mid-treatment break and reassessment maintains tumor control and reduces toxicity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with stereotactic body …

WC Jackson, K Suresh, C Maurino, M Feng… - Radiotherapy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) commonly have
underlying liver dysfunction with variable tolerance to liver stereotactic body radiation …

PET/CT-Based Absorbed Dose Maps in 90Y Selective Internal Radiation Therapy Correlate with Spatial Changes in Liver Function Derived from Dynamic MRI

Z Lu, DF Polan, L Wei, MP Aryal… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - jnm.snmjournals.org
Functional liver parenchyma can be damaged from treatment of liver malignancies with 90Y
selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT). Evaluating functional parenchymal changes and …