2016_Imaging for Physicists

Summary (MR-only)

• Main benefits

• No registration • No need for the CT examination • Commercial solutions are now on the market • Only male pelvis (prostate) • There are promising solutions described also for intra-cranial tumors • Technical aspects • The dose calculation is insensitive and probably the least problem • Use for positioning is difficult to verify • Potential error sources and QA measures needs to be identified