Authors
Peter B Greer, Jason A Dowling, Jonathon A Lambert, Jurgen Fripp, Joel Parker, James W Denham, Chris Wratten, Anne Capp, Olivier Salvado
Publication date
2011/2
Journal
Medical journal of Australia
Volume
194
Pages
S24-S27
Description
- Dose planning for prostate radiation therapy is performed using computed tomography (CT) scans that provide the electron density information needed for individual patients’ radiation dose calculations.
- For visualising the prostate and determining the target volume for radiation treatment, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gives vastly superior soft‐tissue contrast. However, currently, MRI scans cannot be used for dose planning, as they do not provide the electron density information.
- We aimed to develop an alternative and efficient MRI‐only image‐based workflow, enabling both organ delineation and dose planning to be performed using MRI, with “pseudo‐CT scans” generated from MRI scans supplying the information for dose planning.
- The feasibility of implementing MRI‐based prostate radiation therapy planning is being investigated through collaboration between the clinical and medical physics group at the …
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