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The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning in Radiation Therapy

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Optimization of physical treatment planning implies depositing an adequate homogeneous dose to the target volume, minimizing the dose to the adjacent normal tissue and critical organs. To reach this goal a series of steps are to be followed, and MRI may contribute to some of them. Among others, these steps include the visualization of the tumour and surrounding organs, the definition of the target volume, the selection of the treatment portals, the calculation and evaluation of dose distribution and the verification of the planned treatment.

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  1. Institut und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie Der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Strasse 15, München 80, 8000, Federal Republic of Germany

    P. Kneschaurek & A. Breit

  2. Abteilung Radiologie, Klinikum Passau, Lehrkrankenhaus der Technischen Universität München, Bischof-Piligrim-Strasse 1, Passau, 8390, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Kett & C. Prüll

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  1. Institut und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie, Der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 15, München 80, 8000, Germany

    Alfred Breit

  2. Department of Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Albert L. Baert

  3. Abteilung Radiologie Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Standort Charlottenburg, Freie Universität Berlin, Spandauer Damm 130, Berlin 19, 1000, Germany

    Ronald Felix

  4. Sezione RMN — Urologia Linfografia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Renato Musumeci

  5. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Institut für Nuklearmedizin, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 1, 6900, Germany

    Wolfhard Semmler

  6. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 3333, New Haven, 06510, CT, USA

    Gordon Sze

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Kneschaurek, P., Kett, H., Prüll, C., Breit, A. (1990). The Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Three-Dimensional Treatment Planning in Radiation Therapy. In: Breit, A., Baert, A.L., Felix, R., Musumeci, R., Semmler, W., Sze, G. (eds) Magnetic Resonance in Oncology. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74706-9_15

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