Development of an MR simulator: Experimental verification of geometric distortion and clinical application

Radiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 855-860

  Mizowaki, Takashi ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Okajima, Kaoru ^a   Murata, Rumi ^a   Yamamoto, Masashi ^a   Kokubo, Masaki ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), treatment planning; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029889031     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.199.3.8638017     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Shuman WP, Griffin BR, Haynor DR, et al. MR imaging in radiation therapy planning. Radiology 1985; 156:143-147.
2. Murphy WA Jr. Imaging bone tumors in the 1990s. Cancer 1991; 67:1169-1176.
3. Pötter R, Heil B, Schneider L, Lenzen H, Al-Dandashi C, Schnepper E. Sagittal and coronal planes from MRI for treatment planning in tumors of brain, head and neck: MRI assisted simulation. Radiother Oncol 1992; 23:127-130.
4. Fraass BA, McShan DL, Diaz RF, et al. Integration of magnetic resonance imaging into radiation therapy treatment planning. I. Technical considerations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1987; 13:1897-1908.
5. Michiels J, Bosmans H, Pelgrims P, et al. On the problem of geometric distortion in magnetic resonance images for stereotactic neurosurgery. Magn Reson Imaging 1994; 12:749-765.
6. Bellon EM, Haacke EM, Coleman PE, Sacco DC, Steiger DA, Gangarosa RE. MR artifacts: a review. AJR 1986; 147:1271-1281.
7. Müller-Schimpfle M, Layer G, Köster A, et al. MRI and MRA in treatment planning of subdiaphragmatic radiation therapy. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1992; 16:110-119.
8. Schad L, Lott S, Schmitt F, Sturm V, Lorenz WJ. Correction of spatial distortion in MR imaging: a prerequisite for accurate stereotaxy. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1987; 11:499-505.
9. Tien RD, Buxton RB, Schwaighofer BW, Chu PK. Quantitation of structural distortion of the cervical neural foramina in gradient-echo MR imaging. JMRI 1991; 1:683-687.
10. Kondziolka D, Dempsey PK, Lunsford LD, et al. A comparison between magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography for stereotactic coordinate determination. Neurosurgery 1992; 30:402-407.
11. Nishidai T, Nagata Y, Takahashi M, et al. CT simulator: a new 3-D planning and simulating system for radiotherapy. I. Description of system. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1990; 18:499-504.
12. Nagata Y, Nishidai T, Abe M, et al. CT simulator: a new 3-D planning and simulating system for radiotherapy. II. Clinical application. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1990; 18:505-513.
13. Nagata Y, Okajima K, Murata R, et al. Development of the CT simulator and evaluation of its clinical efficacy. J Jpn Soc Ther Radiol Oncol 1995; 7:65-75.
14. Thornton AF Jr, Sandler HM, Ten Haken RK, et al. The clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in 3-dimensional treatment planning of brain neoplasms. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1992; 24:767-775.
15. Kooy HM, van Herk M, Barnes PD, et al. Image fusion for stereotactic radiotherapy and radiosurgery treatment planning. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1994; 28:1229-1234.
16. Phillips MH, Kessler M, Chuang FYS, et al. Image correlation of MRI and CT in treatment planning for radiosurgery of intracranial vascular malformations. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1991; 20:881-889.
17. 0 field variations. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 34:65-73.
18. Sumanaweera TS, Glover GH, Hemler PF, et al. MR geometric distortion correction for improved frame-based stereotaxic target localization accuracy. Magn Reson Imaging 1995; 34:106-113.
19. Ten Haken RK, Thornton AF Jr, Sandler HM, et al. A quantitative assessment of the addition of MRI to CT-based, 3-D treatment planning of brain tumors. Radiother Oncol 1992; 25:121-133.
20. Judnick JW, Kessler ML, Fleming T, Petti P, Castro JR. Radiotherapy technique integrates MRI into CT. Radiol Technol 1992; 64:82-89.