Deep learning based synthetic‐CT generation in radiotherapy and PET: a review

MF Spadea, M Maspero, P Zaffino, J Seco - Medical physics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Recently, deep learning (DL)‐based methods for the generation of synthetic
computed tomography (sCT) have received significant research attention as an alternative to …

A review of substitute CT generation for MRI-only radiation therapy

JM Edmund, T Nyholm - Radiation Oncology, 2017 - Springer
Radiotherapy based on magnetic resonance imaging as the sole modality (MRI-only RT) is
an area of growing scientific interest due to the increasing use of MRI for both target and …

First patients treated with a 1.5 T MRI-Linac: clinical proof of concept of a high-precision, high-field MRI guided radiotherapy treatment

BW Raaymakers, IM Jürgenliemk-Schulz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The integration of 1.5 T MRI functionality with a radiotherapy linear accelerator (linac) has
been pursued since 1999 by the UMC Utrecht in close collaboration with Elekta and Philips …

MR-guidance in clinical reality: current treatment challenges and future perspectives

S Corradini, F Alongi, N Andratschke, C Belka… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Magnetic Resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) marks the beginning of a new
era. MR is a versatile and suitable imaging modality for radiotherapy, as it enables direct …

Dose evaluation of fast synthetic-CT generation using a generative adversarial network for general pelvis MR-only radiotherapy

M Maspero, MHF Savenije, AM Dinkla… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
To enable magnetic resonance (MR)-only radiotherapy and facilitate modelling of radiation
attenuation in humans, synthetic CT (sCT) images need to be generated. Considering the …

Task group 284 report: magnetic resonance imaging simulation in radiotherapy: considerations for clinical implementation, optimization, and quality assurance

CK Glide‐Hurst, ES Paulson, K McGee… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of dedicated magnetic resonance simulation (MR‐SIM) platforms in Radiation
Oncology has expanded rapidly, introducing new equipment and functionality with 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 …

Emerging role of MRI in radiation therapy

H Chandarana, H Wang, RHN Tijssen… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in multimodality imaging, providing accurate information of the irradiated target
volume and the adjacent critical structures or organs at risk (OAR), has made significant …

The future of image-guided radiotherapy will be MR guided

JM Pollard, Z Wen, R Sadagopan… - The British journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Advances in image-guided radiotherapy (RT) have allowed for dose escalation and more
precise radiation treatment delivery. Each decade brings new imaging technologies to help …

MRI-based treatment planning for proton radiotherapy: dosimetric validation of a deep learning-based liver synthetic CT generation method

Y Liu, Y Lei, Y Wang, T Wang, L Ren… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been widely used in combination with computed
tomography (CT) radiation therapy because MRI improves the accuracy and reliability of …