System for MRI guided Radiotherapy
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The adverse side effects of gamma-ray radiotherapy can be reduced significantly by combining the treatment system with a real-time imaging system, used to precisely steer the radiation beam. MRI is a particularly attractive imaging modality for this, due to its excellent soft tissue contrast. A project is underway to combine a cylindrical, closed bore high-field MRI system with a 6 MeV Linac radiation source (fig. 1) [1]. A key feature of the concept is that the Linac is located on the outside of the MRI magnet. The gamma beam passes through the scanner to reach the patient inside the bore. This abstract describes some of the modifications to the MRI scanner needed to make it compatible with this application.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008