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Target definition in radiotherapy of prostate cancer using magnetic resonance imaging only workflow.

ABSTRACT: In magnetic resonance (MR) only radiotherapy, the target delineation needs to be performed without computed tomography (CT). We investigated in thirteen patients with prostate cancer, how the clinical target volume (CTV) was affected, when the target delineation procedure was changed from using both CT and MR images to using MR images only. The mean volume of the CTV_CT/MR was 61.0?cm³ as compared to 49.9?cm³ from MR-only based target delineation, corresponding to an average decrease of 18%. Our results show that CTV_MR-only was consistently smaller than CTV_CT/MR, which has to be taken into consideration before clinical commissioning of MR-only radiotherapy.

SUBMITTER: Gunnlaugsson A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807603 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Target definition in radiotherapy of prostate cancer using magnetic resonance imaging only workflow.

Gunnlaugsson Adalsteinn A Persson Emilia E Gustafsson Christian C Kjellén Elisabeth E Ambolt Petra P Engelholm Silke S Nilsson Per P Olsson Lars E LE

Physics and imaging in radiation oncology 20190101

In magnetic resonance (MR) only radiotherapy, the target delineation needs to be performed without computed tomography (CT). We investigated in thirteen patients with prostate cancer, how the clinical target volume (CTV) was affected, when the target delineation procedure was changed from using both CT and MR images 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 to ...[more]

PMID: 33458431

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