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 …

MRgRT quality assurance for a low-field MR-linac

JP Kim - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2024 - Elsevier
The introduction of MR-guided treatment machines into the radiation oncology clinic has
provided unique challenges for the radiotherapy QA program. These MR-linac systems …

A multi-institutional comparison of dosimetric data for a 0.35 T MR-linac

AU Khan, R Lotey, LA DeWerd… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. A comparison of percent depth dose (PDD) curves, lateral beam profiles, output
factors (OFs), multileaf collimator (MLC) leakage, and couch transmission factors was …

Development and clinical application of a GPU‐based Monte Carlo dose verification module and software for 1.5 T MR‐LINAC

B Cheng, Y Xu, S Li, Q Ren, X Pei, K Men… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) has made significant advances owing to magnetic
resonance linear accelerator (MR‐LINAC), which provides superior soft‐tissue contrast, fast …

An independent Monte Carlo–based IMRT QA tool for a 0.35 T MRI‐guided linear accelerator

AU Khan, EA Simiele, R Lotey… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop an independent log file–based intensity‐modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) quality assurance (QA) tool for the 0.35 T magnetic resonance‐linac (MR‐linac) and …

Dosimetric effects of air cavities for MRI-guided online adaptive radiation therapy (MRgART) of prostate bed after radical prostatectomy

J Pham, M Cao, SM Yoon, Y Gao, AU Kishan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Purpose: To evaluate dosimetric impact of air cavities and their corresponding electron
density correction for 0.35 tesla (T) Magnetic Resonance-guided Online Adaptive Radiation …

Commissioning a secondary dose calculation software for a 0.35 T MR‐linac

AT Price, NC Knutson, T Kim… - Journal of applied clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary external dose calculations for a 0.35 T magnetic resonance image‐guided
radiation therapy (MRgRT) are needed within the radiation oncology community to follow …

Dosimetric evaluation of off-axis fields and angular transmission for the 1.5 T MR-linac

M van den Dobbelsteen, SL Hackett… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. GPU-oriented Monte Carlo dose (GPUMCD) is a fast dose calculation algorithm
used for treatment planning on the Unity MR-linac. Treatments for the MR-linac must be …

MR compatible detectors assessment for a 0.35 T MR-linac commissioning

M Chea, M Croisé, C Huet, C Bassinet… - Radiation …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To assess a large panel of MR compatible detectors on the full range of
measurements required for a 0.35 T MR-linac commissioning by using a specific statistical …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric impact of CT metal artifact reduction for spinal implants in stereotactic body radiotherapy planning

B Li, J Huang, J Ruan, Q Peng, S Huang… - Quantitative Imaging in …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Metal artifacts due to spinal implants may affect the accuracy of dose
calculation for radiotherapy. However, the dosimetric impact of metal artifact reduction …