Nuts and bolts of 4D-MRI for radiotherapy

B Stemkens, ES Paulson… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used in the radiotherapy workflow
because of its superior soft tissue contrast and high flexibility in contrast. In addition to …

MRI-guidance for motion management in external beam radiotherapy: current status and future challenges

C Paganelli, B Whelan, M Peroni… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
High precision conformal radiotherapy requires sophisticated imaging techniques to aid in
target localisation for planning and treatment, particularly when organ motion due to …

Feasibility of real‐time motion tracking using cine MRI during MR‐guided radiation therapy for abdominal targets

TD Keiper, A Tai, X Chen, E Paulson… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Real‐time high soft‐tissue contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) from the MR‐
Linac offers the best opportunity for accurate motion tracking during radiation therapy …

Predicting tumour motion during the whole radiotherapy treatment: a systematic approach for thoracic and abdominal lesions based on real time MR

D Cusumano, J Dhont, L Boldrini, G Chiloiro… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Aim of this study was to investigate the ability of pre-treatment four dimensional
computed tomography (4DCT) to capture respiratory-motion observed in thoracic and …

Exploring respiratory motion tracking through electrical impedance tomography

Q Wang, J Wang, X Li, X Duan, R Zhang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Motion tracking is an effective approach for the management of respiratory motion during the
medical imaging process, which has always been a major concern in diagnostic imaging …

A modern review of the uncertainties in volumetric imaging of respiratory‐induced target motion in lung radiotherapy

I Vergalasova, J Cai - Medical physics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy has become a critical component for the treatment of all stages and types of
lung cancer, often times being the primary gateway to a cure. However, given that radiation …

Real‐time 3D MRI reconstruction from cine‐MRI using unsupervised network in MRI‐guided radiotherapy for liver cancer

R Wei, J Chen, B Liang, X Chen, K Men… - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Respiration has a major impact on the accuracy of radiation treatment for thorax
and abdominal tumours. Instantaneous volumetric imaging could provide precise …

Prediction of in-plane organ deformation during free-breathing radiotherapy via discriminative spatial transformer networks

LV Romaguera, R Plantefève, FP Romero… - Medical image …, 2020 - Elsevier
External beam radiotherapy is a commonly used treatment option for patients with cancer in
the thoracic and abdominal regions. However, respiratory motion constitutes a major …

Respiratory-correlated (RC) vs. time-resolved (TR) four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (4DMRI) for radiotherapy of thoracic and abdominal cancer

G Li, Y Liu, X Nie - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent technological and clinical advancements of both respiratory-correlated (RC) and
time-resolved (TR) four-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (4DMRI) techniques are …

[HTML][HTML] Retrospective reconstruction of four-dimensional magnetic resonance from interleaved cine imaging–A comparative study with four-dimensional computed …

G Peteani, C Paganelli, AC Giovannelli… - Physics and imaging in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Imaging of respiration-induced anatomical changes is essential to
ensure high accuracy in radiotherapy of lung cancer. We expanded here on methods for …