Radiotherapy planning using MRI.
Radiotherapy planning using MRI.
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DOI:
10.1088/0031-9155/60/22/r323
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发表时间:
2015-11-21
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Payne GS
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作者:
Schmidt MA;Payne GS
The use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Radiotherapy (RT) planning is rapidly expanding. We review the wide range of image contrast mechanisms available to MRI and the way they are exploited for RT planning. However a number of challenges are also considered: the requirements that MR images are acquired in the RT treatment position, that they are geometrically accurate, that effects of patient motion during the scan are minimised, that tissue markers are clearly demonstrated, that an estimate of electron density can be obtained. These issues are discussed in detail, prior to the consideration of a number of specific clinical applications. This is followed by a brief discussion on the development of real-time MRI-guided RT.