2017 Imaging for Physicists Coursebook

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Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton
Gino Fallone and co-workers
• 0.5T Bi-planar MRI
• 6 MV linac in parallel configuration
• Installation began 2013, first images July 2014
From /
Aurora RTTM
60 cm (H) x 110 cm (W)
Inline MRI-Linac configuration
Magnet rotates around the
patient @ 1 rpm
Larmor Freq. changes with
gantry angle due to Earth’s
magnetic field effects