Spatial precision in magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiation therapy: The role of geometric distortion

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1304-1316

  Weygand, Joseph ^a,b,d   Fuller, Clifton David ^a,b   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a,b   Mohamed, Abdallah S R ^a,c   Ding, Yao ^a   Yang, Jinzhong ^a,b   Hwang, Ken Pin ^a   Wang, Jihong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETISM; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

DISTORTION CORRECTION; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; IMAGING PARAMETERS; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING; SIMULATION DATA; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYSTEM HARDWARE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; HYDROGEN; PROTON;

ACCURACY; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; IMAGING PHANTOM; PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED;

EID: 84975299241     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.059     Document Type: Review

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