Dr. Carri Glide-Hurst
Henry Ford Health System
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
15:30
HP 4351
Toward High Precision Magnetic-resonance Guided Radiation Therapy
This talk will introduce the state of the art in cancer radiation therapy using magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI) to target and track tumours in
real-time. The role of medical physicists to ensure high fidelity imaging and radiation therapy delivery will be described as well as technical advances that enable the combination of the MRI with a treatment device. The concept of generating a new daily radiation plan, or adaptive radiation therapy, will be described including the needed technical benchmarking to implement such a program. Clinical use cases will be illustrated to highlight key scientific benchmarks.