MRI visibility of gold fiducial markers for image-guided radiotherapy of rectal cancer.

CONCLUSION: The Visicoil 0.75 and Gold Anchor fiducials were the most visible fiducials on MRI as they were most consistently identified. The use of a registered (CB)CT and a T1 3D GRE MRI sequence is recommended.
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Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - February 28, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: van den Ende RPJ, Rigter LS, Kerkhof EM, van Persijn van Meerten EL, Rijkmans EC, Lambregts DMJ, van Triest B, van Leerdam ME, Staring M, Marijnen CAM, van der Heide UA Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research