May 2023 Radiation Oncology Nursing Journal Club
Topic: MRI Guided Radiation Treatment
Article: MRI-guided Radiation Therapy: An Emerging Paradigm in Adaptive Radiation Oncology
Questions:
- What are some of the benefits of MRI-guided RT? (short answer)
- Which of these came first in advances with radiation treatment?
- IGRT
- IMRT
- SBRT
- MRI Guided Therapy
- True or false, according to this article immobilization devices are MRI transparent and thus they do not affect geometric distortion.
- TRUE
- True or false, MRI imaging speed is faster than CT imaging speed.
- FALSE
- This article discusses the benefit of MRI-guided radiation therapy and the improved visualization of organs at risk for interfraction motion. Which organs were discussed as potentially being at risk for motion in the treatment of pancreatic cancer? (Select all that apply)
- Liver
- Bowel
- Kidney
- Stomach
- Duodenum
- Heart
- Lung
Location:
Durham, NC
United States
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Session date:
05/26/2023 - 8:00am to 9:00am EDT