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SUBMITTER: Barnes H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042150 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barnes Helen H Mohajer Jonathan J Dunlop Alex A Adair Smith Gillian G Herbert Trina T Lawes Rebekah R Tree Alison A McNair Helen H
Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology 20200217
The MR-Linac (MRL) provides a novel treatment modality that enables online adaptive treatments, but also creates new challenges for patient positioning in a laser-free environment. The accuracy and duration of prostate patient set-up on the MRL using two different methods for patient alignment was determined to establish standard of practice on the MRL. Differences in set-up accuracy were significant in the longitudinal direction and are accounted for in online plan adaption. Both methods record ...[more]