Magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy: a review

S Chin, CL Eccles, A McWilliam… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance‐guided radiation therapy (MRgRT) is a promising approach to
improving clinical outcomes for patients treated with radiation therapy. The roles of image …

[HTML][HTML] MRI commissioning of 1.5 T MR-linac systems–a multi-institutional study

RHN Tijssen, MEP Philippens, ES Paulson… - Radiotherapy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Magnetic Resonance linear accelerator (MR-linac) systems represent
a new type of technology that allows for online MR-guidance for high precision radiotherapy …

IPEM topical report: guidance on the use of MRI for external beam radiotherapy treatment planning

R Speight, M Dubec, CL Eccles, B George… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This document gives guidance for multidisciplinary teams within institutions setting up and
using an MRI-guided radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning service. It has been written by a …

The integration of MRI in radiation therapy: collaboration of radiographers and radiation therapists

R Rai, S Kumar, V Batumalai, D Elwadia… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The increased utilisation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in radiation therapy (RT) has
led to the implementation of MRI simulators for RT treatment planning and influenced the …

MRI B0 homogeneity and geometric distortion with continuous linac gantry rotation on an Elekta Unity MR-linac

S Jackson, M Glitzner, RHN Tijssen… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This work aimed to quantify any principal magnetic field (B 0) inhomogeneity and changes in
MR image geometric distortion with continuous linac gantry rotation on an Elekta Unity MR …

Dosimetry-driven quality measure of brain pseudo computed tomography generated from deep learning for MRI-only radiation therapy treatment planning

EA Andres, L Fidon, M Vakalopoulou… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose This study aims to evaluate the impact of key parameters on the pseudo computed
tomography (pCT) quality generated from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a 3 …

Deforming to best practice: key considerations for deformable image registration in radiotherapy

J Barber, J Yuen, M Jameson, L Schmidt… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Image registration is a process that underlies many new techniques in radiation oncology–
from multimodal imaging and contour propagation in treatment planning to dose …

Evaluation of an automatic MR-based gold fiducial marker localisation method for MR-only prostate radiotherapy

M Maspero, CAT Van den Berg, F Zijlstra… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
An MR-only radiotherapy planning (RTP) workflow would reduce the cost, radiation
exposure and uncertainties introduced by CT-MRI registrations. In the case of prostate …

Development of a vendor neutral MRI distortion quality assurance workflow

A Walker, P Chlap, T Causer… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the utilization of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in radiotherapy increasing, routine
quality assurance (QA) of these systems is necessary. The assessment of geometric …

Assessment of a carbon fibre MRI flatbed insert for radiotherapy treatment planning

MM Jafar, J Reeves, MA Ruthven… - The British Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The purpose of this work was to assess heating and radiofrequency (RF)
deposition and image quality effects of a prototype three-section carbon fibre flatbed insert …