MRI-linear accelerator radiotherapy systems

GP Liney, B Whelan, B Oborn, M Barton, P Keall - Clinical Oncology, 2018 - Elsevier
The desire to utilise soft-tissue image guidance at the time of radiation treatment has led to
the development of several hybrid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) linear accelerators …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the role of MRI in diagnosis and treatment of early stage lung cancer

AJ Sim, E Kaza, L Singer, SA Rosenberg - Clinical and Translational …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) being a mainstay in the oncologic care for many
disease sites, it has not routinely been used in early lung cancer diagnosis, staging, and …

ICRU REPORT 97: MRI-guided radiation therapy using MRI-linear accelerators

PJ Keall, CK Glide-Hurst, M Cao, P Lee… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU), since its
inception in 1925, has had as its principal objective the development of internationally …

[HTML][HTML] MRI-guided lung SBRT: present and future developments

MJ Menten, A Wetscherek, MF Fast - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is rapidly becoming an alternative to surgery for the
treatment of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. Lung SBRT is administered in a …

[HTML][HTML] Radioluminescence-based fibre optic dosimeters in radiotherapy: a review

I Veronese, CE Andersen, E Li, L Madden… - Radiation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since their conception in the early 1990s, radioluminescence-based fibre-optic dosimeters
(FODs) have attracted great interest for dosimetric applications in radiotherapy (RT). Over …

Magnetic resonance imaging in precision radiation therapy for lung cancer

H Bainbridge, A Salem, RHN Tijssen… - Translational lung …, 2017 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy remains the cornerstone of curative treatment for inoperable locally advanced
lung cancer, given concomitantly with platinum-based chemotherapy. With poor overall …

[HTML][HTML] Treating locally advanced lung cancer with a 1.5 T MR-Linac–Effects of the magnetic field and irradiation geometry on conventionally fractionated and isotoxic …

HE Bainbridge, MJ Menten, MF Fast, S Nill… - Radiotherapy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This study investigates the feasibility and potential benefits of radiotherapy with a
1.5 T MR-Linac for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA NSCLC) patients …

experimental results from a prototype high‐field inline MRI‐linac

GP Liney, B Dong, J Begg, P Vial, K Zhang… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The pursuit of real‐time image guided radiotherapy using optimal tissue contrast
has seen the development of several hybrid magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)‐treatment …

MRI-based IMRT planning for MR-linac: comparison between CT-and MRI-based plans for pancreatic and prostate cancers

P Prior, X Chen, M Botros, ES Paulson… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The treatment planning in radiation therapy (RT) can be arranged to combine benefits of
computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) together to maintain …