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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] MRI commissioning of 1.5 T MR-linac systems–a multi-institutional study

RHN Tijssen, MEP Philippens, ES Paulson… - Radiotherapy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Magnetic Resonance linear accelerator (MR-linac) systems represent
a new type of technology that allows for online MR-guidance for high precision radiotherapy …

A deep learning approach to generate synthetic CT in low field MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy for abdominal and pelvic cases

D Cusumano, J Lenkowicz, C Votta, L Boldrini… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) can play a significant role in Magnetic Resonance guided
Radiotherapy (MRgRT), especially to speed up the online adaptive workflow. The aim of this …

Magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy: a review

S Chin, CL Eccles, A McWilliam… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) is a promising approach to
improving clinical outcomes for patients treated with radiation therapy. The roles of image …

A deep learning approach to generate synthetic CT in low field MR-guided radiotherapy for lung cases

J Lenkowicz, C Votta, M Nardini, F Quaranta… - Radiotherapy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction This study aims to apply a conditional Generative Adversarial Network (cGAN)
to generate synthetic Computed Tomography (sCT) from 0.35 Tesla Magnetic Resonance …

Technical challenges of real-time adaptive MR-guided radiotherapy

D Thorwarth, DA Low - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the past few years, radiotherapy (RT) has experienced a major technological innovation
with the development of hybrid machines combining magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and …

[HTML][HTML] A new era of image guidance with magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy for abdominal and thoracic malignancies

K Mittauer, B Paliwal, P Hill, JE Bayouth, MW Geurts… - Cureus, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnetic resonance-guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) offers advantages for image
guidance for radiotherapy treatments as compared to conventional computed tomography …

Optimizing MR-guided radiotherapy for breast cancer patients

ML Groot Koerkamp, JE Vasmel, NS Russell… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Current research in radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer is evaluating neoadjuvant as
opposed to adjuvant partial breast irradiation (PBI) with the aim of reducing the volume of …

Measurement of isocenter alignment accuracy and image distortion of an 0.35 T MR-Linac system

S Dorsch, P Mann, A Elter, A Runz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
For hybrid devices combining magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and a linac for radiation
treatment, the isocenter accuracy as well as image distortions have to be checked. This …