title: Assessment of MRI image quality for various setup positions used in breast radiotherapy planning.
abstract: This study investigates breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image quality for 3 different breast radiotherapy positions (prone, supine flat and supine inclined) and associated choice of breast coils. Supine breast MRI has comparable image quality to prone breast MRI for the purposes of radiotherapy delineation for T2-weighted sequences.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia. Electronic address: Vikneswary.batumalai@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
authors.forename: Vikneswary
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Batumalai
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liney
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Geoff P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Delaney
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia.
authors.forename: Robba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boxer
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Myo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Trang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia.
authors.forename: Penny
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia.
authors.forename: Callie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Choong
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rennie
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Liverpool Hospital, Australia.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Liverpool and Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centres, Australia; Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Australia; South Western Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia; Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Lois
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holloway
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D016684:Prone Position; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016683:Supine Position
keywords: Breast radiotherapy; Image quality; MRI