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ESTRO Course Book
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Imaging for Physicists
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13 – 17 September, 2015
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Leiden, The Netherlands
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L02 MRI Physics; Basic Principles - Malinen
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MRI physics - basic principles
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Background
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Nuclear magnetic moment
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Magnetic moment and spin
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Quantized nuclear spin
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Unpaired nucleons, spin and g
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Potential energy in magnetic field
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Magnetic resonance
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Magnetic resonance
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Macroscopic considerations
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Macroscopic magnetization
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Bloch equations
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Spin precession (new slide)
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Spin precession
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Introducing the RF field
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Flip angle
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T1 relaxation
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T2 relaxation
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T2 relaxation cont’d
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Relaxation
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Relaxation dynamics
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Relaxation dynamics and contrast
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Detection
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Free induction decay
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Summary
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Thank you for your attention!
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L03 MRI Physics; Contrast Formation - Nyholm
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MRI physics: Contrast formation
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Precession
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Flip
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Relaxation
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T1 relaxation
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T2 relaxation
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T2* relaxation
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Slide Number 8
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Spin-Echo sequence
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T2 contrast
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Slide Number 11
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T2 contrast
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ExamplesT2 Contrast
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T1 contrast
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T1 Contrast
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Slide Number 16
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T1 contrast
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ExamplesT1 contrast
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Inversion-recovery (IR)
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Slide Number 20
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IR
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IR
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Summary
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Proton contrast
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Turbo spin echoFast spin echo
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Gradient echo (T2*)
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Gradient echo
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What kind of contrast?
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Different contrasts
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Why is it often difficult to see gold markers in T2w spin echo sequences of the prostate?
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Slide Number 32
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Summary again
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Slide Number 34
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L04 MRI Physics; Space Encoding - Liney
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MRI Physics: Space Encoding
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Introduction
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Spin Echo Sequence
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Fourier Transform (FT)
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Fourier Transform (FT)
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FT Pairs
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FT Pairs
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Gradients
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Slice Selection
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Slice Selection
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Slice Selection
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Slice Selection
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Slice Selection
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Frequency Encoding
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Phase Encoding
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Phase Encoding
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Phase Encoding
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Phase Encoding
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Slide Number 19
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Slide Number 20
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Slide Number 21
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Faster unchanged slower
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Phase Encoding
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Spin Echo Sequence
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Spin Echo Sequence
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Spin Echo Sequence
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Scan Time
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Multi-Slice Imaging
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‘3D’ MRI
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What is k-space?
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What is k-space?
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What is k-space?
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k-space
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k-space
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k-space
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k-space
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k-space trajectories
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k-space trajectories
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Partial k-space
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L05 MRiPhysics; Equipment - Liney
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MRI Physics: Equipment
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Installation of New Scanner
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RF Cage
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RF Cage Construction
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Slide Number 5
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The Inner Controlled Area
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Cabinet (Equipment) Room
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MRI Equipment: Overview
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Patient Bore
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Example Specifications
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Example Specifications
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Magnet
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Slide Number 13
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Static Field (B0)
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Superconductors
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Homogeneity
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Shim Demo
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Slide Number 18
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Fringe (stray) Field
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Slide Number 20
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Slide Number 21
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Slide Number 22
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Gradients (db/dt)
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Gradients
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Gradients
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Gradients
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Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS)
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RF Coils (B1)
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RF Chain
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RF Coils: Signal Characteristics
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RF Coil Designs
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RF Coils
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Coil Arrays
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Quadrature Coils
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RF Coils: Other
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B1 Uniformity
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Dielectric Effect
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RT Specific Equipment
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RT Planning Scans
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Dedicated System (MR Simulator)
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Slide Number 41
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The Future
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L06 PET Physics; Basic Principles - Thorwarth
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Positron Emission Tomography Physics - Basic Principles
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Molecular Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
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Basic principle of PET
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Slide Number 4
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State-of-the-art PET/CT Designs
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PET/CT
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Slide Number 7
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Slide Number 8
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2D-/3D-PET
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2D/3D-PET acquisition
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Axial Sensitivity
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Image Formation
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Radiation detection
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Properties of scintillaton detectors applied in PET
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Photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs)
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Detector Designs used in PET
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Detector Designs used in PET
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Timing Resolution and Coincidence Detection
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Question: Timing Resolution
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Answer: Timing Resolution
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Time-of-flight (TOF) PET
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Question: Time-of-flight
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Question: Time-of-flight
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Detected Events in PET
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Prompt Events
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Prompt Events (II)
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Performance of PET Systems
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Performance of PET Systems:Spatial Resolution
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Performance of PET Systems: Energy Resolution
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Performance of PET Systems:Count Rate Performance
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Performance of PET Systems: Scatter Fraction
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Performance of PET Systems: Scatter Fraction
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Summary
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Literature
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L07 MRI Geometrical Artifacts I - van der Heide
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Slide Number 1
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Artifacts in MRI
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Artifacts in MRI
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Outline
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Origin of various artifacts
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Imaging artifact
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Sampling the MR signal
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Sampling the MR signal
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Resolve aliasing by increasing sampling frequency
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Field Of View covers entire object: no fold-over
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Question: field of view
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Field Of View covers entire object: no fold-over
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FOV too small: fold-over
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How to suppress fold-over artifacts?
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How to suppress fold-over artifacts?
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How to suppress fold-over artifacts?
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Saturate signal from outside FOV
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Imaging artifact
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Imaging artifact
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Truncation errors (ringing)
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How to avoid truncation errors (Ringing)
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Sampling of k-space
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Sampling of k-space
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Sampling k-space in practice
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Position encoding in a spin-echo sequence
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Slice selection: transversal
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Phase encoding
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Phase encoding
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Phase encoding
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Phase encoding
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Frequency encoding (read-out)
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Frequency encoding (read-out)
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Position encoding in a spin-echo sequence
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A spin-echo sequence in k-space
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A spin-echo sequence in k-space
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A spin-echo sequence in k-space
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Phase evolution
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Phase evolution
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A spin-echo sequence in k-space
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Do we really sample k-space the way we think we do?
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Imperfections of B0 and gradient fields
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Non-linear gradients cause position distortions
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Magnetic susceptibility
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Magnetic field at the nucleus depends on magnetic shielding of surrounding electron clouds, depends on molecular environmentexample: resonant frequencies of protons in fat and water differ by 3.4 ppm
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Erroneous sampling of k-space
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Position errors: slice selection
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Distortion of phase evolution
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Impact on geometrical accuracy
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Impact on geometrical accuracy
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Result: geometrical distortion in spin-echo imaging
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Question: water-fat shift
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Result: geometrical distortion in spin-echo imaging
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Distortions in a Gradient Echo sequence
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Dephasing due to static field inhomogeneities
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Rephasing in a Spin Echo sequence
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Continued dephasing in a Gradient Echo sequence
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Phantom experiments
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Dephasing effects increase with TE in gradient echo imaging
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Dephasing effects increase with TE in gradient echo imaging
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Summary 1
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Outline lecture 2
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L08 MRI Geometrical Artifacts II - van der Heide
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Slide Number 1
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Many reasons for artifacts
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Many reasons for artifacts
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Many reasons for artifacts
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Outline lecture 2
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Homogeneity of the main magnetic field
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Gradient fields
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Correction of imperfect B0 and gradient fields
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Phantoms
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Design of a phantom for field-error measurements
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Setup of experiments to characterize magnetic field inhomogeneity and gradient non-linearity
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Distortion mapping
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Continuous or stepped table measurement
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Gradient corrections
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System measurements
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Slide Number 16
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Magnetic susceptibility
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Susceptibility artifacts
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Susceptibility artifacts
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Susceptibility artifacts
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Calculation of field distortions
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Susceptibility artifact in read-out direction
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Shimming
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B0 mapping
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B0 mapping
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Examples of artifacts
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Example from clinical practice. What is wrong?
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CT scan of same patient
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Patient with hip prosthesis
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Patient with hip prosthesis
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Susceptibility artifact
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Water-Fat Shift
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Magnetic field at the nucleus depends on magnetic shielding of surrounding electron clouds, depends on molecular environmentexample: resonant frequencies of protons in fat and water differ by 220 Hz
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Water-fat shift
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Water-fat shift
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Question: motion artifacts
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Motion artifacts
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Motion artifacts
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What to do about it?
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Motion correction with a Propeller sequence
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Propeller sequence: Eye movement
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bSSFP artifact
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bSSFP artifact
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EPI artifacts
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EPI artifact
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Geometrical artifacts
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Practical consequences
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Practical consequences
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Slide Number 49
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Summary 1
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Summary 2
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Slide Number 52
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Acknowledgments
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L09_PET Physics; Image Reconstruction, Contouring - Thorwarth
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Slide Number 1
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PET Image Formation
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Random Correction
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Normalization
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Slide Number 5
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Scatter Correction
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Improved image quality due to random and scatter correction
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Attenuation Correction
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CT-based attenuation correction
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Slide Number 10
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…and their consequences
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Slide Number 12
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4D-PET/CT vs. 3D-PET/CT
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Image Reconstruction
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Analogue to CT reconstruction: Filtered Backprojection
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Fourier Slice Theorem
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Filtered Backprojection (FBP)
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Filtered Backprojection FBP
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Filtered Backprojection
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Iterative reconstruction: ML-EM
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ML-EM: noisy data introduce instabilities
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OSEM (ordered subset EM)
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Slide Number 23
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3D Iterative Reconstruction
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Time-of-Flight (TOF) PET
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Resolution Modeling - PSF
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Iterative reconstruction with resolution modeling
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Improvement of PET/CT Image Quality
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Summary: Reconstruction
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Quantitative analysis of PET images
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Slide Number 31
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Absolute Thresholding
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Relative Thresholding
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Iterative Thresholding
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Source-to-Background Algorithms
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Comparison of different contouring approaches
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Gradient-based auto-contouring
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Gradient-based auto-segmentation
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Gradient-based segmentation improves target volume definition in NSCLC
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Activity Recovery, Partial Volume Effect:The Smaller the Volume, the Darker it Appears
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Influence of PET reconstruction
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Effect of reconstruction on PET-based contouring
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Comparison of auto-contouring methods with „intelligent“ manual delineation
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EARL: Standardization of clinical PET scanners
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Slide Number 45
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Summary / Conclusion
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Literature
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L10 Applications; MRI in Brain - Menard
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Applications: MRI in Brain
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Goal – MRI Simulation
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Slide Number 3
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Slide Number 4
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Slide Number 5
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Slide Number 6
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Tissue Contrast
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Imaging Coils
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MR-only simulationMR imaging of cortical bone with Ultra-short TE
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Delineation – Visible Tumor
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Delineation – MRSI
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MRSI – Predicting Site of Recurrence
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Slide Number 13
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FA map for CTV delineation
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Slide Number 15
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b=3000 s/mm2 DW
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Optic Radiation – SRS Injury
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DTI – OAR Sparing
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Atlas-based Segmentation
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Stereotactic Reference - Deviation
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Displacement of IAC
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Stereotactic Reference Deviation (T2)
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Stereotactic Reference Deviation (T1)
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3T: Patient vs. Phantom
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Phantom: Internal Deviation (3T)
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Slide Number 26
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Hemorhagic Metastasis
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Slide Number 28
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Example – Clinical readout-segmented-DWI at 3 T
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Geometry – Key Points
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Slide Number 31
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Tumor Geometry ROC for 2y OS
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MRSI – Predicting Response
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ADC Response
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ADC Dynamics
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ADC Response vs Tumor Growth Rate
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Slide Number 39
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Slide Number 40
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Diffusion Abnormality Index
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Voxel Correspondence
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Slide Number 43
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DTI in RT
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Parametric Response Map
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Radionecrosis - Structure
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Radionecrosis - DSC
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Acknowledgements
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L11 Functional Imagin MRI - Liney
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Functional Techniques in MRI
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Slide Number 2
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MRI: Functional techniques
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Slide Number 4
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Techniques of (RT) Interest
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Slide Number 6
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fMRI protocol
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Slide Number 8
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Slide Number 9
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MR Spectroscopy
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The MR Spectrum
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Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI)
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Slide Number 14
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Slide Number 15
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Slide Number 16
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Slide Number 17
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Slide Number 18
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Slide Number 19
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Slide Number 20
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DWI
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Slide Number 22
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Distortions*
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Example
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Multi-Parameteric MRI (mpMRI)
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Slide Number 27
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Slide Number 28
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Intra-fraction Motion in Cine-MRI
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Inter-fraction Motion in Cine-MRI
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Spin Tagging
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Future
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L12 Applications; MRI in Gynaecology RT - Dirix
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Slide Number 1
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Cervical cancer
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MRI in radiotherapy for cervical cancer
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MRI features
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1. T-staging: normal anatomy
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Cervical anatomy: MRI features
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FIGO I (confined to uterus)
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FIGO II (beyond uterus)
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ACRIN 6651 – GOG 183
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ACRIN 6651 – GOG 183: PMI
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T2: excluding PMI
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Slide Number 12
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DWI to predict PMI
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FIGO III (locally advanced)
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FIGO IV (adjacent organs)
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2. N-staging: pelvic disease
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ACRIN 6651 – GOG 183: LNI
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Pelvic LN staging: is PET(-CT) superior?
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Pelvic LN staging: added value of DWI (1)
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Pelvic LN staging: added value of DWI (2)
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Slide Number 21
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PAO LN staging: is PET(-CT) superior?
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PAO LN: surgical staging remains gold standard
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Conclusion: MRI is superior to CT for LR staging
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Slide Number 25
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EBRT = MRI-guided, organ-sparing IMRT
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MRI-guided IMRT: GTV delineation
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PET/MRI for GTV
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Correlation between SUVmax & ADCmin
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MRI-guided IMRT: CTV delineation
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MRI-guided IMRT: consensus guidelines
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MRI-guided IMRT: consensus guidelines
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Currently: VMAT
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Based on PET-CT
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And MRI
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MRI-guided IMRT: PTV delineation
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MRI-guided IMRT: organ motion (1)
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MRI-guided IMRT: organ motion (2)
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MRI-guided IMRT: organ motion (3)
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Individualized (non)adaptive IMRT
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Margin/plan of the day (MoD)
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MRI-guided IMRT: what about LN?
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MRI-guided IMRT: tumor shrinkage
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4. BT boost: advantages
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BT boost: ICRU reference dose points (1)
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BT boost: ICRU reference dose points (2)
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MRI-guided, 3D BT
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MRI-guided, 3D BT: advantages
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO target definitions (1)
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO target definitions (2)
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO target definitions (3)
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO protocol recommendations
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO protocol recommendations
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MRI-guided BT: GEC-ESTRO EQD2 spreadsheet
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MRI-guided BT: Leuven protocol (1)
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MRI-guided BT: Leuven protocol (2)
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MRI-guided BT: manual optimization
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MRI-guided BT: when things go wrong…
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MRI-guided BT: Vienna experience (1)
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MRI-guided BT: Vienna experience (2)
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MRI-guided BT: Nordic experience
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MRI-guided BT: Leuven experience
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MRI-guided BT: EMBRACE trial (1)
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MRI-guided BT: EMBRACE trial (2)
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5. Response assessment: T2w MRI
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5. Response assessment: functional imaging
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5. Response assessment: DWI
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5. Response assessment: PET/MRI
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Conclusion: MRI = crucial for
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Thank you
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L13_ Applciation; MRI in Prostate - Menard
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Applications: MRI in Prostate
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Slide Number 2
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MRI – Target Delineation
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MRI Integration Improves Prostate Delineation Accuracy?
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Learning Curve
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Autosegmentation
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Smaller CTV
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Slide Number 8
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Slide Number 9
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Better Outcomes?
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Reducing PTV margin
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Rectum Bladder
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How To: An Approach
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CT-MRI Registration
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Image Registration
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Motion and Image Quality
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Result Position accuracy - Simulation
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TGSE
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Slide Number 19
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Deformable Registration
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Pelvis
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Slide Number 23
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Slide Number 24
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Atlas-based Electron Density Maps
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Paradigm Shift
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Slide Number 28
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Slide Number 29
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Diffusion Imaging - Geometry
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Cancer is Not Confided to the Prostate Gland
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Independent Predictive Factor
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ECE and Brachytherapy
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Local Failure
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Impact on CTV delineation
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Volume of Tumor Burden on MRI and Radiotherapy Outcomes
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Slide Number 37
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Slide Number 38
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Slide Number 39
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Slide Number 40
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Impact of cell density
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Slide Number 42
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Slide Number 43
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Contouring Variability
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Probability Maps – Path Validation
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Neo-adjuvant Hormones
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Slide Number 47
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Dosimetry Literature
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Systematic Review – Tumor Boost
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Systematic Review
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Caution in De-escalation
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MRI - GEC/ESTRO 2005 → 2013
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Slide Number 53
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Registration to CT
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Slide Number 56
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Slide Number 57
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Image Acquisition
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Slide Number 59
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Needle Guidance – Anterior Tumours
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Slide Number 61
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Conclusions
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LN spead
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LNs – MRL vs PET
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DWI – LN imaging
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bDFS according to MRI findings
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bDFS according to dose to macroscopic recurrence
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Target Geometry (Deformation) – Prostate
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Early Response - Endogenous
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Early Response – Contrast Kinetics
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Acknowledgements
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L14 Applications; MRI Guided RT for H&N - Dirix
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Slide Number 1
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MRI in radiotherapy for HNC
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Head and neck cancer (HNC)
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Current standard: concomitant CRT
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Towards a higher conformality
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1. GTV delineation becomes critical
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Is imaging reliable?
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Radiation oncologists live inside Plato’s cave
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Large intra/inter-observer variability
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Slide Number 11
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Slide Number 12
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MRI for nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC)
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MRI for sinonasal cancer (SNC)
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MRI for all base of skull tumors!
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MRI for oropharyngeal cancer (OPC)
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MRI for hypopharyngo-laryngeal cancer (1)
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Slide Number 18
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Slide Number 19
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Caution with FDG-PET for GTV delineation
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2. Highly conformal RT: LN staging is crucial
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FDG-PET
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Slide Number 23
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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC)
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Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC)
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Slide Number 26
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Slide Number 27
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Results (1)
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Results (2)
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Clinical example of DWI for LN staging
592

Similar results at Maastricht University
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All reported results for ADC-based nodal staging
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Towards dose de-escalation on the elective neck?
595

Significantly less dysphagia, clinical outcome expected
596

3. Early response assessment
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Slide Number 36
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Slide Number 37
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Slide Number 42
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Clinical example of DWI for response assessment (1)
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Clinical example of DWI for response assessment (2)
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Clinical example of DWI for response assessment (3)
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Slide Number 46
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Slide Number 49
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Slide Number 53
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Slide Number 55
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FDG-PET & DWI contain different info
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Pathology validation study
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Pathology validation study
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Pathology validation study
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Association between ADC and pathology (1)
622

Association between ADC and pathology (2)
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All reported results for DWI & response assessment
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Initial Ktrans predicts outcome
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Repeated imaging during RT
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5. DWI during follow-up
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Clinical example of DWI during follow-up
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Slide Number 67
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7. Organ-sparing
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DWI: non-invasive evaluation of salivary gland function
631

6. Pitfalls of DWI
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Slide Number 75
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L15-16 CT Physics 3D and 4D Imanging & Advanced Applications - Geleijns
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CT PhysicsAdvanced CT Applications3D and 4D CT imaging
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Modern CT scanners
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Projection radiography, chest
640

Computed tomography, chest
641

Normal display of CT images
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State of the art: very fast, excellent image quality
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State of the art: excellent 4D image quality
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Advanced Computed Tomography
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Slide Number 9
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Slide Number 10
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Computed tomography was originally known as the "EMI scan“ 1973
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Slide Number 13
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Slide Number 14
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Acquisition geometry ….
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Acquisition geometry ….
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Acquisition geometry ….
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Multisource (and multi slice) CT: three x-ray tubes and three detector arcs United States Patent April 1980
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Multisource (and multi slice) CT: three x-ray tubes and three detector arcs United States Patent April 1980
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Multisource (and multi slice) CT: three x-ray tubes and three detector arcs United States Patent April 1980
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Dynamic Spatial Reconstructor 198014 x-ray tubes and 14 image intensifiers
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Helical scanning: continuous rotation of the x-ray source and continuous translation of the patient. United States Patent, December, 1986.
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Helical scanning: continuous rotation of the x-ray source and continuous translation of the patient. United States Patent, December, 1986.
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Advanced Computed Tomography
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64 detector row scanner in 2004, e.g. 64 x 0.5 mm = 32 mm.
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Helical dual source CT scanner in 2005: two x-ray tubes, two multislice detectors.
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Axial 320 detector row volume CT in 2007. Patient translation is not required for coverage of entire organs.
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320 slice (cone beam) CT in 2007
665

320 x 0.5 mm detector, 160 mm coverage
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Cone beam (FPD) CT for 3D mammography, diagnosis of breast cancer
667

Mucinous adenocarcinoma (arrowheads) with partial rim enhancement (arrow) in a 46-year-old woman: a. postcontrast transverse, b. precontrast coronal, and c. postcontrast coronal breast CT
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3D imaging in the cath-lab
669

3D imaging in the cath-lab
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Cone beam (FPD) CT mounted on a LinacKilovoltage imaging, 30-60 seconds
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Axial coverage or Field Of View
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Axial coverage or Field Of View
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Minimal required rotation angle
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Slide Number 38
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Slide Number 39
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Slide Number 40
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Center: 180 degree rotation is sufficient
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Periphery: is a 180 degree rotation sufficient?
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Periphery: is a 180 degree rotation sufficient?
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Periphery: is a 180 degree rotation sufficient?
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Periphery: a 180 degree rotation is not sufficient!
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Periphery: a 180 degree plus fan angle rotation is sufficient!
683

Dual source CT improves temporal resolution with a factor two
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Rotation speed, diagnostic CT scanners rotate fast
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Diagnostic CT scanners have “better” detectors
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XVI at LUMC - 2012
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XVI at LUMC - 2012
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Advanced Computed Tomography
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Slide Number 53
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Slide Number 54
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Slide Number 55
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Single axial, 8 mm
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Sinogram space
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Sinogram space
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A better solution for CT reconstruction is to use a filtered backprojection
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Image reconstruction by adding (filtered) backprojectionsof many views/angles
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Image reconstruction by adding (filtered) backprojectionsof many views/angles
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Image reconstruction by adding (filtered) backprojectionsof many views/angles
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Slide Number 67
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Backprojection, not filtered
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Slide Number 69
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Backprojection, not filtered
707

The mathematical operations of a filtered backprojection consist of four steps.
708

Slide Number 72
709

The mathematical operations of a filtered backprojection consist of four steps.
710

Slide Number 74
711

The mathematical operations of a filtered backprojection consist of four steps.
712

Slide Number 76
713

The mathematical operations of a filtered backprojection consist of four steps.
714

Filtered backprojection
715

Backprojection vs filtered backprojection
716

Filtered backprojection
717

Slide Number 81
718

Filtered backprojection
719

Filtered backprojection
720

Filtered backprojection
721

Filtered backprojection
722

Band limited window functions in the frequency domain and corresponding kernels in the spatial domain
723

Reconstruction filter
724

Reconstruction filter
725

Filtered backprojection, is there more?
726

Slide Number 90
727

Statistical reconstruction methods in X-ray CT
728

Introduction
729

Evolution of reconstruction in CT
730

Filtered backprojection with iterative noise reduction
731

Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction (AIDR)
732

Example: Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction (AIDR)
733

Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction Result 1
734

Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction Result 2
735

Adaptive Iterative Dose Reduction Result 3
736

Statistical denoising
737

Iterative reconstruction methods in X-ray CT
738

Iterative reconstruction methods in X-ray CT
739

Iterative reconstruction methods in X-ray CT
740

Results (Noise)
741

Slide Number 105
742

Advanced Computed Tomography
743

With a fast CT scanner and advanced reconstruction …
744

… you get crystal sharp images in cardiac CT.
745

Freezing of motion of organs in CT
746

Freezing of motion in CT
747

Freezing of motion in CT
748

Freezing of motion of organs in CT
749

The ECG is recorded, cardiac CT scan
750

Freezing of motion of organs in CT
751

Freezing of motion of organs in CT
752

Synchronization
753

Slide Number 117
754

Retrospective ECG gate(d) reconstruction
755

Synchronization
756

Triggered, during the acquisition
757

Prospective ECG triggered acquisition
758

Prospective respiratory triggered acquisition
759

4D visualization of the chest
760

Dynamic axial images of the chest at two levels
761

Advanced Computed Tomography
762

State of the art: excellent 4D image quality
763

Four-dimensional DSA MDCT of Bone Sarcoma Vascularization (Case 1)
764

Four-dimensional DSA MDCT of Bone Sarcoma Vascularization (Case 1)
765

Results (Case 1)
766

Results (Case 1)
767

Results (Case 1)
768

Computed Tomography
769

CT brain perfusion
770

CT perfusion
771

CT perfusion
772

Slide Number 136
773

Slide Number 137
774

CT perfusion
775

Slide Number 139
776

Example: 4D Liver Perfusion Protocol
777

Why Perfusion CT
778

Clinical examples
779

Slide Number 143
780

Slide Number 144
781

Advanced Computed Tomography
782

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
783

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
784

Dual Energy or Spectral CT scanners
785

G.N. Hounsfield, BJR, 1973, Description of system
786

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
787

Dual energy is based on the photoelectric effect!
788

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
789

Dual Energy or Spectral CT principles
790

Rapid switching of the tube voltage (2000 Hz)
791

Rapid switching of the tube voltage (2000 Hz)
792

Rapid switching of the tube voltage (5000 Hz)
793

Dual layer detector
794

Dual layer detector
795

Dual layer detector
796

Dual source
797

Dual source
798

Dual source
799

Dual Spin
800

Dual energy, Spin-Spin
801

Dual Spin
802

Extra: dual energy, helical at low pitch (< 0.5)
803

Dual Energy CT, optimisation of kV, mA and filtration
804

805

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
806

Slide Number 170
807

Dual energy in digital chest radiography
808

Dual energy CT in the raw data domain (transmission)
809

Dual Energy or Spectral CT
810

Spectral CT applications
811

Treatment planning
812

Virtual unenhanced imaging
813

Slide Number 185
814

Slide Number 186
815

Further reading …
816

Further reading …
817

CT delivers excellent 3D image quality (appeared on Dutch TV)
818

Slide Number 190
819

L17 PET Tracers and Applications - Thorwarth
820

Positron Emission TomographyTracers and applications
820

Possibilities for Functional Imaging in Radiotherapy
821

Radionuclides for diagnostic applications
822

Production of radionuclides in a nuclear reactor
823

… in the cyclotron
824

… in the radionuclide generator
825

[18F]FDG for target delineation and LN staging
826

FDG PET/CT improves consistency of GTV delineation in NSCLC
827

FDG PET/CT improves consistency of GTV delineation in NSCLC
828

Slide Number 10
829

Response Prediction by Quantitative Assessment of Glucose Use
830

Therapy monitoring with FDG-PET in HNC
831

Treatment Monitoring with FDG PET
832

[11C]MET / [18F]FET / [18F]FLT for Brain Lesions
833

Dynamic Imaging: [18F]-FET PETStaging by Tracer Kinetics
834

Proliferation Imaging with [18F]FLT PET
835

Imaging Cellular Proliferation during RT
836

Dose Painting Hypothesis I:Direct Dose at Tumour Cell Foci
837

FLT PET does not discriminate between reactive and metastatic lymph nodes
838

From Functional Imaging to Dose Painting
839

Hypoxia Imaging with [18F]FMISO
840

Hypoxia PET Imaging with FMISO
841

Hypoxia PET Imaging with FAZA
842

Hypoxia Imaging with DCE-MRI
843

Dose Painting Hypotheses II:direct Dose at Insensitive Cells
844

Dose Painting based on dynamic FMISO PET: Phase II trial in Tübingen
845

Slide Number 27
846

Slide Number 28
847

Baseline dyn. FMISO PET is prognostic for loco-regional control
848

FDG PET based dose painting study in lung cancer
849

New multimodality imaging perspective: Combined PET/MRI
850

PET/CT vs. PET/MR: PET performance
851

PET/CT vs. PET/MR: practical aspects
852

Limitations of combined PET/MR
853

Future prospects: Hypoxia imaging using PET/MRI
854

Summary / Conclusion
855

L18 Guidelines for PET Imaging in RT - Thorwarth
856

Recommendations for the integration of FDG PET/CT into radiotherapy treatment planning
856

Slide Number 2
857

Potential of PET in radiotherapy (RT) treatment planning (TP)
858

PET in RT TP
859

Practical recommendations for using PET/CT in RT
860

1. PET/CT hardware
861

1. PET/CT Hardware
862

2. Quality control, calibration
863

2a. QC of the CT system
864

2b. QC of the PET system
865

2c. PET/CT alignment
866

2d. RT specific QC aspects
867

2. Quality control, calibration
868

3. Data acquisition and reconstruction
869

3a. Image acquisition techniques (thorax scans)
870

3b. PET image reconstruction
871

3b. PET image reconstruction
872

3b. PET image reconstruction
873

3. PET data acquisition and image reconstruction
874

4. Data transfer / treatment planning system (TPS)
875

4. Data transfer / TPS
876

5. Image fusion / registration
877

5. Image fusion / registration
878

5. Image fusion / registration
879

6. Image contouring
880

6. Image contouring
881

6. Image contouring
882

7. Patient set-up / staff training
883

7b. Radiation exposure
884

7. Patient set-up and staff training
885

Conclusion
886

Acknowledgments
887

L19 Dynamic PET and CT Imaging - Malinen
888

Dynamic CT and PET
888

Background
889

Dynamic CT
890

Iodinated contrast agents
891

Vessel leakiness in tumors
892

Tissue distribution
893

Temporal uptake characteristics
894

Compartmental modeling
895

1-compartment model
896

1-compartment model
897

Interpreting Ktrans
898

Case study: DCECT of lymphoma patients
899

Dynamic image series, overlay
900

Identifying the artery
901

Voxel-by-voxel analysis
902

Parametric maps
903

Impact of AIF
904

Clinical significance – cervical cancer
905

DCE + gene expression …. (new slide)
906

Reproducibility…. (new slide)
907

Dynamic FDG-PET
908

DICOM header
909

Tissue distribution
910

Dynamic FDG-PET
911

Temporal characteristics
912

Perfusion imaging
913

Dogs; DPET and DCECT 1 min p.i.
914

2-compartment modeling
915

2-compartment modeling
916

Model analysis
917

Application
918

Thank you for your attention!
919

L20 MR Safety - Nyhololm
920

Health risks associated with MR
920

Mechanical risks
921

Accidents
922

Heating
923

Displacement and Heating
924

Medical inplants
925

Do you see the artifact?
926

How do you think that WHO classify E-M exposure?
927

Long and short term effects
928

WHO grades
929

Slide Number 11
930

Health risk(static fields)
931

Local survey of problems
932

Slide Number 14
933

Health risksLow frequency magnetic fields
934

Peripheral nerve excitation
935

Slide Number 17
936

Radio frequent fields
937

Whole body heating
938

Burn injuries
939

Lack of knowleadge
940

Thank you!
941

L21 MRI Physics; Fast Scanning, Colume Sequences - Liney
942

MRI Physics: Fast Scanning, Volume Sequences
942

Introduction
943

How Do We Go Faster?
944

Some ‘Fast’ Terminology?
945

Ultra-fast Imaging
946

Slide Number 6
947

Spin-echoes…
948

Segmented k-space
949

Fast Spin Echo (Turbo Spin Echo)
950

FSE (TSE)
951

Slide Number 11
952

Partial k-Space
953

ssFSE and HASTE
954

Driven Equilibrium
955

Echo Planar Imaging (EPI)
956

EPI
957

EPI
958

Slide Number 18
959

GRASE
960

GRASE (TGSE)
961

Slide Number 21
962

Gradient-echoes…
963

Slide Number 23
964

Slide Number 24
965

Slide Number 25
966

Steady-State Sequences
967

Slide Number 27
968

Slide Number 28
969

Slide Number 29
970

Gradient-Speed Limit
971

Parallel Imaging = ‘Coil Encoding’
972

Slide Number 32
973

Multi-Coil Arrays
974

Parallel Imaging
975

Parallel Imaging
976

SENSE
977

Slide Number 37
978

Slide Number 38
979

Slide Number 39
980

SENSE
981

mSENSE
982

SMASH
983

Slide Number 43
984

Slide Number 44
985

Key-hole Imaging
986

Key-hole Imaging
987

Slide Number 47
988

Recent Developments
989

Pulse sequences in this talk
990

Slide Number 50
991

L22 In-Room Imaging CT and MRI - Nyholm
992

In-room imaging and MR planning
992

Overview of the lecture
993

Imaging in radiotherapy
994

Workflow
995

Why is MR needed in radiotherapy
996

CT/MR workflow
997

ProblemRegistration
998

Switch from CT based to MR based workflow
999

How?
1000

MR signal
1001

Manual segmentation and bulk densities
1002

Manual segmentation and bulk densities
1003

Registration based
1004

Registration based
1005

Automatic segmentation and bulk densities
1006

Automatic segmentation and bulk densities
1007

Direct voxel-vise conversion
1008

MR signal
1009

Slide Number 19
1010

Slide Number 20
1011

Slide Number 21
1012

How to esstimate the HU?
1013

Voxel by voxel esstimation
1014

Slide Number 24
1015

Slide Number 25
1016

Slide Number 26
1017

Slide Number 27
1018

Workflow
1019

Imaging in the treatment room
1020

Cone beam CT
1021

Cone beam CT
1022

Comparison CBCT and CT
1023

Scatter artifacts in CBCT
1024

Slide Number 34
1025

Dealing with scatter
1026

Slide Number 36
1027

Correction
1028

Dealing with scatter
1029

Scatter reduction with grid
1030

Other artifacts
1031

QA of CBCT
1032

Clinical application
1033

Accelerator in magnetic field
1034

Accelerator in magnetic field
1035

Accelerator in magnetic field
1036

Principal of active shielding
1037

Principal of active shielding
1038

RF from linac disturbing the MR
1039

Dosimetry with magnetic field
1040

Dosimetry with magnetic field
1041

Dosimetry with magnetic field
1042

Potential with MR guided radiotherapy
1043

Potential with MR guided radiotherapy
1044

When to do what
1045

Thank you!
1046

L23 Applications; CT and PET for RTof Lung - van der Heide
1047

Advanced Imaging for PhysicistsApplication of CT and PET for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1047

Imaging for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1048

CT imaging for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1049

CT imaging for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1050

CT imaging for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1051

PET and SPECT for radiotherapy of lung cancer
1052

MRI is not commonly used for lung cancer
1053

FDG-PET improves accuracy of staging in non-small cell lung cancer
1054

FDG-PET improves accuracy of staging innon-small cell lung cancer
1055

Sensitivity and specificity of mediastinal lymph node staging
1056

PET has a high (>90%) negative predictive value in mediastinal lymph node staging
1057

PET staging in small-cell lung cancer
1058

FDG-PET has impact on treatment strategy
1059

Selective mediastinal irradiation
1060

Monitoring volume changes during treatment
1061

Imaging of recurrences, follow-up
1062

Imaging of recurrences, follow-up
1063

Limitations of PET for staging of lung cancer
1064

PET(-CT) for staging of lung cancer
1065

Improved consistency of GTV delineation
1066

Improved consistency of GTV delineation
1067

Improved consistency of GTV delineation
1068

Different methods for tumor delineation on PET produce very different results
1069

Auto-contouring algorithms improve consistency
1070

Impact of FDG-PET on definition of PTV
1071

Validation of PET contouring algorithms with pathology is essential
1072

3D validation of contouring with pathology
1073

PET and CT registration: planning CT and CT of the PET-CT
1074

PET and CT registration:planning CT and CT of the PET-CT
1075

how well are the PET and CT in a PET-CT registered?
1076

Tumor motion during regular breathing
1077

4D PET-CT
1078

4D PET-CT
1079

Attenuation correction for 4D PET
1080

Attenuation correction for 4D PET
1081

Attenuation correction for 4D PET
1082

Making a PET-CT for radiotherapy
1083

Target definition on a 4D CT scan
1084

Target definition on a 4D CT scan
1085

Internal Target Volume (ITV)
1086

Internal Target Volume (ITV)
1087

Internal Target Volume (ITV)
1088

Maximum exhale phase
1089

Maximum exhale phase
1090

Maximum exhale phase
1091

Mid-Ventilation scan
1092

Mid-Ventilation scan
1093

Mid-Ventilation scan
1094

Different PTV STRATEGIES
1095

Different PTV STRATEGIES
1096

Impact of motion on dose
1097

Impact of tumor motion on dose distribution
1098

Impact of tumor motion on accumulated dose is very small
1099

From 4D CT to 3D Planning CT
1100

CT based Mid-Position PET
1101

From 4D PET to 3D Planning PET
1102

From 4D PET to 3D Planning PET
1103

Use of in-room imaging for position verification
1104

Baseline shifts
1105

Intra-fraction displacement of bone and tumor
1106

SBRT Lung protocol at NKI-AVL
1107

SBRT lung: first scan (4 min for 4D)
1108

SBRT lung: matched on bone
1109

SBRT lung: matched on tumor
1110

Geometrical uncertainties
1111

Geometrical uncertainties
1112

Margins versus amplitude
1113

Summary
1114

Summary
1115

Acknowledgment
1116