Accuracy of an MR-only workflow for prostate radiotherapy using semi-automatically burned-in fiducial markers

Accuracy of an MR-only workflow for prostate radiotherapy using semi-automatically burned-in fiducial markers

Abstract Background The benefit of MR-only workflow compared to current CT-based workflow for prostate radiotherapy is reduction of systematic errors in the radiotherapy chain by 2–3 mm. Nowadays, MRI is used for target delineation while CT is needed for position verification. In MR-only workflows,...

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Main Authors: Karin Goudschaal, F. Beeksma, M. Boon, M. Bijveld, J. Visser, K. Hinnen, Z. van Kesteren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
IGRT
Prostate cancer
CT/MR conventional workflow
MRI
MR-only workflow
Synthetic CT
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13014-021-01768-8

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