A Practical Guide to MR-Linac

Technical Innovation and Clinical Implication

Indra J. Das, Filippo Alongi, Poonam Yadav, Bharat B. Mittal (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXI, 479 Seiten

2024
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
9783031481642 (ISBN)

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This book offers a detailed guide to MR-Linac, a unique and fast growing radiation treatment modality. MR-linac is new technology that is a fusion of an MRI and a linear accelerator on the same gantry. It can change both target volume delineation and tumor visualization in real time using MR-cine images and treatment. Tumor location changes moment to moment as radiation is delivered, but this cannot be visualized in current radiation therapy practices. This new and rapidly growing technology can provide adaptive therapy that was not possible before.

This book presents current knowledge on MR-linac technology, clinical practices, and ultimately patient outcome where dose escalation is not possible due to limiting normal tissue structures in the vicinity of tumor. There are two commercial MR-linac machines under consideration and both will be covered in detail. The book is divided into four sections. The first gives a general introduction to MR-Linac, covering the role of MRI inradiation oncology, the clinical necessity of this technology, and patient selection. The next section details the physics and technology of MR-Linac, covering image sequence, motion management, and treatment planning. Section three offers the clinical applications of MR-Linac and is divided by body area, including lung, prostate, and breast. Finally, the fourth section looks to the future and what this technology can mean for radiation oncology.

This is an ideal guide for radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and relevant trainees.

Indra J Das, PhD is Professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. He was recently selected by the AAPM to be the 2022 recipient of the Edith H. Quimby Award for Lifetime Achievement in Medical Physics. He is co-editor of Basic Radiotherapy Physics and Biology, 2e (2021).
Filippo Alongi, MD is the Head of the Advanced Radiation Oncology Department at IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Cancer Center and Professor at the University of Brescia, Italy.

Poonam Yadav, PhD is Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Bharat B. Mittal, MD is Chair and the William N. Brand, MD, Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

Section I: General.- Introduction.- Role of MRI in Radiation Oncology.- Clinical necessity & Patient Selection.- MRL: Education and Training.- Section II: MRL Physics and Technology.- Imaging sequence.- Motion Management and Tracking.- Synthetic CT and dose calculation.- Treatment planning.- View Ray system.- Elekta Unity System.- Aurora, Magneton system.- Section III: Clinical.- Oligometastatic.- Pancreas.- Liver.- Lung.- Prostate.- Gynecology.- Breast.- Spine.- Brain.- Head and neck.- Sarcoma.- Section IV: Future and outlook.- New MRL System.- Low field Imaging.- AI, Radiomics and Texture analysis.- MRL and biomarkers.

"Each centre presenting its work is generous with examples of treatment plans, department-specific dose constraints, technique descriptions and suggestions, with plenty of references enabling further study and access to information. This textbook is an essential companion for anyone interested or working in or studying MRgRT and would be an asset in any department s library." (Trina Herbert, RAD Magazine, August, 2025)

Erscheinungsdatum	25.03.2024
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 479 p. 160 illus., 136 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
Schlagworte	medical physics • MRL • MR-Linac • radiation oncology • Tumor • Visualization
ISBN-13	9783031481642 / 9783031481642
Zustand	Neuware