Cone beam computed tomography image guidance within a magnetic resonance imaging-only planning workflow.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)-only planning workflows offer many advantages but raises challenges regarding image guidance. The study aimed to assess the viability of MRI to Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) based image guidance for MRI-only planning treatment workflows.

Materials and methods

An MRI matching training package was developed. Ten radiation therapists, with a range of clinical image guidance experience and experience with MRI, completed the training package prior to matching assessment. The matching assessment was performed on four match regions: prostate gold seed, prostate soft tissue, rectum/anal canal and gynaecological. Each match region consisted of five patients, with three CBCTs per patient, resulting in fifteen CBCTs for eac

SUBMITTER: O'Connor LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10500022 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature