F. Guerreiro, Ninon Burgos, A. Dunlop, K. Wong, I. Petkar, C. Nutting, K. Harrington, S. Bhide, K. Newbold, D. Dearnaley, N. deSouza, V. Morgan, J. McClelland, S. Nill, M. Cardoso, S. Ourselin, U. Oelfke, A. Knopf
tlooto Summary
Establishing MRI-only RTP workflows requires synthetic CTs for dose calculation and a multi-atlas CT synthesis approach was validated on head and neck and prostate cancer patients, and results showed that syntheticCTs are suitable to perform clinical dose calculations.
Abstract
Highlights • Establishing MRI-only RTP workflows requires synthetic CTs for dose calculation.• This study evaluates the feasibility of using a multi-atlas CT synthesis approach.• The proposed method was validated on head and neck and prostate cancer patients.• Results showed an accurate bone estimation for future patient positioning.• Results showed that synthetic CTs are suitable to perform clinical dose calculations.
Citation format
GUERREIRO, F., et al. Evaluation of a multi-atlas CT synthesis approach for MRI-only radiotherapy treatment planning. Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics, 2017, 35: 7–17.