| Literature DB >> 33585242 |
Petra J van Houdt1, Yingli Yang2, Uulke A van der Heide1.
Abstract
MRI-guided radiotherapy systems have the potential to bring two important concepts in modern radiotherapy together: adaptive radiotherapy and biological targeting. Based on frequent anatomical and functional imaging, monitoring the changes that occur in volume, shape as well as biological characteristics, a treatment plan can be updated regularly to accommodate the observed treatment response. For this purpose, quantitative imaging biomarkers need to be identified that show changes early during treatment and predict treatment outcome. This review provides an overview of the current evidence on quantitative MRI measurements during radiotherapy and their potential as an imaging biomarker on MRI-guided radiotherapy systems.Entities:
Keywords: biological image-guided adaptive radiotherapy; functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy; quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); treatment response
Year: 2021 PMID: 33585242 PMCID: PMC7878523 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.615643
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Oncol ISSN: 2234-943X Impact factor: 6.244