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Fig. 2 | Radiation Oncology

Fig. 2

From: Prospective, longitudinal, multi-modal functional imaging for radical chemo-IMRT treatment of locally advanced head and neck cancer: the INSIGHT study

Fig. 2

INSIGHT study MRI patient set up (photograph shows one of the study authors during study design and testing). Study patients are positioned on a flat top MRI couch using the same baseplate, neck rest, shoulder rest, and thermoplastic mask as used for radiotherapy treatment planning and delivery. A single multi-channel phased array flexible coil placed over the thermoplastic mask is used to provide anterior coverage of the anatomy of interest, whilst spine-array coils built-in to the couch provide posterior coverage. This set up allows for rapid patient positioning and MRI data acquisition in the radiotherapy treatment position which facilitates subsequent image co-registration with longitudinal MRI scans as well as with CT and PET/CT data

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Radiation Oncology

ISSN: 1748-717X

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