title: Counterpoint: Opportunities and challenges of a magnetic resonance imaging-only radiotherapy work flow.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging plays an important role in modern radiotherapy. The benefits of MR as compared with those of computed tomography for the definition of target volumes is evident for many soft tissue tumor types. It has been suggested that for these patient groups, the computed tomography examination is unnecessary as part of the preparation for radiotherapy. Here, we review the rationale for an MR-only radiotherapy work flow, as well as the technical challenges and solutions connected to it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Electronic address: tufve.nyholm@radfys.umu.se.
authors.forename: Tufve
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nyholm
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Joakim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jonsson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000379:methods*; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D061089:Radiotherapy, Image-Guided; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D057188:Workflow