[HTML][HTML] The transformation of radiation oncology using real-time magnetic resonance guidance: A review

WA Hall, ES Paulson, UA van der Heide… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiation therapy (RT) is an essential component of effective cancer care and is used
across nearly all cancer types. The delivery of RT is becoming more precise through rapid …

[HTML][HTML] History of technological advancements towards MR-Linac: the future of image-guided radiotherapy

N Rammohan, JW Randall, P Yadav - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) enables optimal tumor targeting and sparing of organs-at-
risk, which ultimately results in improved outcomes for patients. Magnetic resonance …

Partial breast irradiation with the 1.5 T MR-Linac: First patient treatment and analysis of electron return and stream effects

M Nachbar, D Moennich, S Boeke, C Gani… - Radiotherapy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction External beam partial breast irradiation (PBI) provides equal oncological
outcomes compared to whole breast irradiation when applied to patients with low risk …

[HTML][HTML] Patient positioning and immobilization procedures for hybrid MR-Linac systems

F Cuccia, F Alongi, C Belka, L Boldrini… - Radiation …, 2021 - Springer
Hybrid magnetic resonance (MR)-guided linear accelerators represent a new horizon in the
field of radiation oncology. By harnessing the favorable combination of on-board MR …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Towards accurate and precise image-guided radiotherapy: clinical applications of the MR-Linac

JW Randall, N Rammohan, IJ Das, P Yadav - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Advances in image-guided radiotherapy have brought about improved oncologic outcomes
and reduced toxicity. The next generation of image guidance in the form of magnetic …

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 …

Spiraling contaminant electrons increase doses to surfaces outside the photon beam of an MRI-linac with a perpendicular magnetic field

SL Hackett, B van Asselen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The transverse magnetic field of an MRI-linac sweeps contaminant electrons away from the
radiation beam. Films oriented perpendicular to the magnetic field and 5 cm from the …

[HTML][HTML] An ESTRO-ACROP guideline on quality assurance and medical physics commissioning of online MRI guided radiotherapy systems based on a consensus …

S Tanadini-Lang, G Budgell, O Bohoudi… - Radiotherapy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The goal of this consensus expert opinion process was to define quality assurance
(QA) tests for online magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided radiotherapy (oMRgRT) …

[HTML][HTML] Monte Carlo simulations of out-of-field surface doses due to the electron streaming effect in orthogonal magnetic fields

VN Malkov, SL Hackett, JWH Wolthaus… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The out-of-field surface dose contribution due to backscattered or ejected electrons, focused
by the magnetic field, is evaluated in this work. This electron streaming effect (ESE) can …