Sensible Introduction of MR-Guided Radiotherapy: A Warm Plea for the RCT [PDF]
Magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) is the newest face of technology within a field long-characterized by continual technologic advance. MRgRT may offer improvement in the therapeutic index of radiation by offering novel planning types, like ...
Helena M. Verkooijen +3 more
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Medical physics challenges in clinical MR-guided radiotherapy [PDF]
The integration of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for guidance in external beam radiotherapy has faced significant research and development efforts in recent years.
Christopher Kurz +10 more
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Prospective planning comparison of magnetic resonance-guided vs. internal target volume-based stereotactic body radiotherapy of hepatic metastases – Which patients do really benefit from an MR-linac? [PDF]
Purpose/objective: To compare online MR-guided SBRT (MRgRT) of liver metastases with state-of-the-art ITV-based SBRT (ITV-SBRT) and assess which patients benefit most from MRgRT.
Philipp Hoegen-Saßmannshausen +19 more
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Recent technical advancements and clinical applications of MR-guided radiotherapy in lung cancer treatment [PDF]
Magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) represents a significant advancement in lung cancer treatment, integrating non-ionizing high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with linear accelerators to enable real-time tumor visualization and ...
Chi Ma +6 more
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Optimal orientation for ionization chambers in MRgRT reference dosimetry
The interest in hybrid systems combining magnetic resonance imaging and medical linear accelerator (MR-Linac) is rapidly increasing due to the clinical availability of different systems.
Pojtinger Stefan +2 more
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Clinical adoption patterns of 0.35 Tesla MR-guided radiation therapy in Europe and Asia [PDF]
Background Magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) utilization is rapidly expanding, driven by advanced capabilities including better soft tissue imaging, continuous intrafraction target visualization, automatic triggered beam delivery, and the ...
Berend J. Slotman +21 more
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The potential role of MR-guided adaptive radiotherapy in pediatric oncology: Results from a SIOPE-COG survey [PDF]
Background and purpose: Magnetic resonance guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) has been successfully implemented for several routine clinical applications in adult patients. The purpose of this study is to map the potential benefit of MRgRT on toxicity reduction
Enrica Seravalli +13 more
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Magnetic resonance-guided adaptive stereotactic radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients: a systematic literature review [PDF]
Objective: Magnetic resonance-guided adaptive stereotactic radiotherapy (MRgRT) represents an innovative approach in radiation oncology, combining real-time MR imaging with treatment delivery systems.
Sylwia Szablewska, Krzysztof Roszkowski
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Comparison of online adaptive and non-adaptive magnetic resonance image-guided radiation therapy in prostate cancer using dose accumulation [PDF]
Background and purpose: Conventional image-guided radiotherapy (conv-IGRT) is standard in prostate cancer (PC) but does not account for inter-fraction anatomical changes.
Martina Murr +9 more
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Assessing body composition using auto-segmentations of muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue in prostate cancer patients receiving magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy [PDF]
Background and purpose: Sarcopenia negatively impacts treatment outcomes in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. With the growing use of magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT), automated body composition (BC) analysis using deep learning frameworks ...
Aaron G. Rankin +7 more
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