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 …

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 …

[图书][B] Monte Carlo techniques in radiation therapy

J Seco, F Verhaegen - 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Monte Carlo simulation techniques made a slow entry in the field of radiotherapy in the late
1970s. Since then they have gained enormous popularity, judging by the number of papers …

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 …

Time analysis of online adaptive magnetic resonance–guided radiation therapy workflow according to anatomical sites

G Güngör, İ Serbez, B Temur, G Gür, N Kayalılar… - Practical radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To document time analysis of detailed workflow steps for the online adaptive
magnetic resonance–guided radiation therapy treatments (MRgRT) with the ViewRay …

ICRU REPORT 97: MRI-guided radiation therapy using MRI-linear accelerators

PJ Keall, CK Glide-Hurst, M Cao, P Lee… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

Relative dosimetry with an MR‐linac: response of ion chambers, diamond, and diode detectors for off‐axis, depth dose, and output factor measurements

DJ O'Brien, J Dolan, S Pencea, N Schupp… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to acquire beam data for an MR‐linac, with and
without a 1.5 T magnetic field, by using a variety of commercially available detectors to …

Millisecond speed deep learning based proton dose calculation with Monte Carlo accuracy

O Pastor-Serrano, Z Perkó - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Next generation online and real-time adaptive radiotherapy workflows require
precise particle transport simulations in sub-second times, which is unfeasible with current …

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 …

Development and evaluation of a GEANT4‐based Monte Carlo Model of a 0.35 T MR‐guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) linear accelerator

AU Khan, EA Simiele, R Lotey, LA DeWerd… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The aim of this work was to develop and benchmark a magnetic resonance (MR)‐
guided linear accelerator head model using the GEANT4 Monte Carlo (MC) code. The …