scholarly journals Education review articles – a call for advanced courses in Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology Physics

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 4-4
Author(s):  
Michael Mills
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Education Review ◽  
Advanced Courses

scholarly journals Transformational Role of Medical Imaging in (Radiation) Oncology

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2557
Author(s):  
Catherine Coolens ◽  
Matt N. Gwilliam ◽  
Paula Alcaide-Leon ◽  
Isabella Maria de Freitas Faria ◽  
Fabio Ynoe de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Microenvironment ◽  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Radiation Oncology ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Surgical Oncology ◽  
Metabolic Imaging ◽  
Imaging Biomarkers ◽  
Planar Imaging ◽  
Cancer Management ◽  
Target Volumes

Onboard, real-time, imaging techniques, from the original megavoltage planar imaging devices, to the emerging combined MRI-Linear Accelerators, have brought a huge transformation in the ability to deliver targeted radiation therapies. Each generation of these technologies enables lethal doses of radiation to be delivered to target volumes with progressively more accuracy and thus allows shrinking of necessary geometric margins, leading to reduced toxicities. Alongside these improvements in treatment delivery, advances in medical imaging, e.g., PET, and MRI, have also allowed target volumes themselves to be better defined. The development of functional and molecular imaging is now driving a conceptually larger step transformation to both better understand the cancer target and disease to be treated, as well as how tumors respond to treatment. A biological description of the tumor microenvironment is now accepted as an essential component of how to personalize and adapt treatment. This applies not only to radiation oncology but extends widely in cancer management from surgical oncology planning and interventional radiology, to evaluation of targeted drug delivery efficacy in medical oncology/immunotherapy. Here, we will discuss the role and requirements of functional and metabolic imaging techniques in the context of brain tumors and metastases to reliably provide multi-parametric imaging biomarkers of the tumor microenvironment.

Artificial intelligence in medical imaging and radiation oncology: Opportunities and challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 481-485
Author(s):  
David Thwaites ◽  
Daniel Moses ◽  
Annette Haworth ◽  
Michael Barton ◽  
Lois Holloway
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Medical Imaging ◽  
Radiation Oncology
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