Application of frozen Thiel-embalmed specimens for radiotherapy delineation guideline development: a method to create accurate MRI-enhanced CT datasets

MEJ Stouthandel, P Pullens, S Bogaert… - Strahlentherapie und …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Thiel embalming followed by freezing in the desired position and acquiring CT+
MRI scans is expected to be the ideal approach to obtain accurate, enhanced CT data for …

Evaluation of a multiview architecture for automatic vertebral labeling of palliative radiotherapy simulation CT images

TJ Netherton, DJ Rhee, CE Cardenas… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this work was to evaluate the performance of X‐Net, a multiview
deep learning architecture, to automatically label vertebral levels (S2‐C1) in palliative …

Generation of synthetic CT images from MRI for treatment planning and patient positioning using a 3-channel U-net trained on sagittal images

D Gupta, M Kim, KA Vineberg, JM Balter - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A novel deep learning architecture was explored to create synthetic CT (MRCT) images that
preserve soft tissue contrast necessary for support of patient positioning in Radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of a deep-learning based anatomical region labeling tool for Cone-Beam Computed Tomography scans in radiotherapy

DC Luximon, J Neylon, JM Lamb - Physics and Imaging in Radiation …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Currently, there is no robust indicator within the Cone-Beam
Computed Tomography (CBCT) DICOM headers as to which anatomical region is present …

SU‐E‐J‐219: a Dixon based pseudo‐CT generation method for MR‐only radiotherapy treatment planning of the pelvis and head and neck

M Maspero, PR Seevinck, GJ Meijer… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To develop an image processing method for MRI‐based generation of electron
density maps, known as pseudo‐CT (pCT), without usage of model‐or atlas‐based …

Evaluation of DIXON based soft tissue and bone classification in the pelvis for MR-only-based radiation therapy planning

M Helle, N Schadewaldt… - Proc Int Soc Mag …, 2014 - archive.ismrm.org
Radiation therapy planning can benefit from the superior display of soft tissue contrasts and
the delineation of tumor and critical organs in magnetic resonance imaging. In this study, an …

Computed tomography–magnetic resonance image registration in radiotherapy treatment planning

JNH Brunt - Clinical oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is being increasingly used in radiotherapy treatment
planning (RTP). MRI has the potential to provide improved localisation of target volumes …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical utility of convolutional neural networks for treatment planning in radiotherapy for spinal metastases

SRS Arends, MHF Savenije, WSC Eppinga… - Physics and Imaging in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Spine delineation is essential for high quality radiotherapy
treatment planning of spinal metastases. However, manual delineation is time-consuming …

[HTML][HTML] Metal artefact reduction for accurate tumour delineation in radiotherapy

DG Kovacs, LA Rechner, AL Appelt… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Two techniques for metal artefact reduction for computed
tomography were studied in order to identify their impact on tumour delineation in …

A novel imaging technique for fusion of high-quality immobilised MR images of the head and neck with CT scans for radiotherapy target delineation

GJ Webster, JE Kilgallon, KF Ho… - The British Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Uncertainty and inconsistency are observed in target volume delineation in the head and
neck for radiotherapy treatment planning based only on CT imaging. Alternative modalities …