Current Status of Anatomical Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Brachytherapy and External Beam Radiotherapy Planning and Delivery
Radiotherapy planning and delivery have dramatically improved in recent times. Imaging is key to a successful three-dimensional and increasingly four-dimensional based pathway with computed tomography embedded as the backbone modality. Computed tomography has significant limitations for many tumour sites where soft-tissue discrimination is suboptimal, and where magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has largely superseded in the diagnostic arena. MRI is increasingly used together with computed tomography in the radiotherapy planning pathway and is now established as a prerequisite for several tumours.
Source: Clinical Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: M. Ingle, S. Lalondrelle Tags: Overview Source Type: research
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