title: Emerging Role of MRI for Radiation Treatment Planning in Lung Cancer.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides excellent soft-tissue contrast and allows for specific scanning sequences to optimize differentiation between various tissue types and properties. Moreover, it offers the potential for real-time motion imaging. This makes magnetic resonance imaging an ideal candidate imaging modality for radiation treatment planning in lung cancer. Although the number of clinical research protocols for the application of magnetic resonance imaging for lung cancer treatment is increasing (www.clinicaltrials.gov) and the magnetic resonance imaging sequences are becoming faster, there are still some technical challenges. This review describes the opportunities and challenges of magnetic resonance imaging for radiation treatment planning in lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands david.cobben@outlook.com.
authors.forename: David C P
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cobben
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hans C J
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rob H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Tijssen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Emma G G M
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rutten
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Vulpen
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, MAASTRO Clinic, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jurgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peerlings
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, MAASTRO Clinic, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.|Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.|OncoRay, National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Dresden, Germany.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Esther G C
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Troost
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, MAASTRO Clinic, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands.|Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.|OncoRay, National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Dresden, Germany.|Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Aswin L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Astrid L H M W
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: van Lier
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods
keywords: MRI; lung cancer; radiation treatment planning