TY - JOUR
T1 - Target definition in radiotherapy of prostate cancer using magnetic resonance imaging only workflow
AU - Gunnlaugsson, Adalsteinn
AU - Persson, Emilia
AU - Jamtheim Gustafsson, Christian
AU - Kjellén, Elisabeth
AU - Ambolt, Petra
AU - Engelholm, Silke
AU - Nilsson, Per
AU - Olsson, Lars E
PY - 2019/3/6
Y1 - 2019/3/6
N2 - In magnetic resonance (MR) only radiotherapy, the target delineation needs to be performed without computed tomography (CT). We investigated in thirteenpatients with prostate cancer, how the clinical target volume (CTV) was affected, when the target delineation procedure was changed from using both CT and MRimages to using MR images only. The mean volume of the CTVCT/MR was 61.0 cm3 as compared to 49.9 cm3 from MR-only based target delineation, corresponding toan average decrease of 18%. Our results show that CTVMR-only was consistently smaller than CTVCT/MR, which has to be taken into consideration before clinicalcommissioning of MR-only radiotherapy.
AB - In magnetic resonance (MR) only radiotherapy, the target delineation needs to be performed without computed tomography (CT). We investigated in thirteenpatients with prostate cancer, how the clinical target volume (CTV) was affected, when the target delineation procedure was changed from using both CT and MRimages to using MR images only. The mean volume of the CTVCT/MR was 61.0 cm3 as compared to 49.9 cm3 from MR-only based target delineation, corresponding toan average decrease of 18%. Our results show that CTVMR-only was consistently smaller than CTVCT/MR, which has to be taken into consideration before clinicalcommissioning of MR-only radiotherapy.
U2 - 10.1016/j.phro.2019.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.phro.2019.03.004
M3 - Article
VL - 9
SP - 89
EP - 91
JO - Physics and imaging in radiation oncology
JF - Physics and imaging in radiation oncology
SN - 2405-6316
ER -