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Ultrasonography in Image-Guided Radiotherapy: Current Status and Future Challenges

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Abstract

Ultrasound is a radiation-free, portable, cost-effective imaging modality, which currently is the only real-time volumetric image guidance option clinically available for radiotherapy applications. Its advantages, among which good soft tissue contrast and high resolution, and its challenges, as for example limited field of view and operator dependence, are discussed together with the future vision and the most innovative and advanced applications.

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  1. Centre for Biomedical Technologies (CBT), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Davide Fontanarosa, Maria Antico, Erika Cavanagh & Chris Edwards

  2. School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Davide Fontanarosa, Erika Cavanagh & Chris Edwards

  3. Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK

    Emma Harris

  4. Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK

    Alex Grimwood

  5. EBAMed SA, Geneva, Switzerland

    Saskia Camps

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Fontanarosa, D. et al. (2022). Ultrasonography in Image-Guided Radiotherapy: Current Status and Future Challenges. In: Troost, E.G.C. (eds) Image-Guided High-Precision Radiotherapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08601-4_9

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