The use of deformable image registration to integrate diagnostic MRI into the radiotherapy planning pathway for head and neck cancer.

CONCLUSIONS: Contouring on MRI-RT rigidly registered to pCT should be considered as the gold standard for HNSCC. In radiotherapy centres lacking a dedicated MRI-RT, the use of an MRI-D with DIR-whole offers a significant advantage for the accuracy of GTV delineation over contouring on pCT alone. PMID: 27497803 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - August 2, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Chuter R, Prestwich R, Bird D, Scarsbrook A, Sykes J, Wilson D, Speight R Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research