Image synthesis for MRI-only radiotherapy treatment planning

Title: Image synthesis for MRI-only radiotherapy treatment planning
Creator: Dowling, Jason; O'Connor, Laura; Acosta, Oscar; Raniga, Parnesh; de Crevoisier, Renaud; Nunes, Jean-Claude; Barateau, Anais; Chourak, Hilda; Choi, Jae Hyuk; Greer, Peter
Relation: Biomedical Image Synthesis and Simulation: Methods and Applications p. 423-445
Relation: The MICCAI Society book Series
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824349-7.00027-X
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2022
Description: Electron density information, usually obtained from computed tomography (CT) Hounsfield units, is critical for modern radiation therapy treatment planning. However, CT scans have limited ability to differentiate different types of soft tissue, which has motivated the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to improve treatment accuracy in radiation oncology. While challenging, the generation of synthetic-CT from MRI opens up opportunities for improved patient outcomes, reduced healthcare costs, fusion of functional and structural information, and real-time imaging during treatment through combined MRI-linear accelerators. This chapter presents an overview of synthetic-CT generation, quality assurance, and deployment.
Subject: synthetic CT; pseudo CT; substitute CT; MRI; radiation therapy; dose calculation
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1462133
Identifier: uon:46392
Identifier: ISBN:9780128243503
Language: eng

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