The current image-guided radiotherapy systems are suboptimal in the esophagus, pancreas,
kidney, rectum, lymph node, etc. These locations in the body are not easily accessible for …

The use of modern MRI technology in radiotherapy is fast growing. MRI is entering all facets
of radiotherapy. This review will start with a very short overview of the newest developments …

… Lagendijk JJW 1982 The influence of bloodflow in large vessels on the temperature … Van
de Kamer JB, van Wieringen N, de Leeuw AAC and Lagendijk JJW 2000 The significance of …

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: In radiotherapy the healthy tissue involvement still poses serious
dose limitations. This results in sub-optimal tumour dose and complications. Daily image …

At the UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands, we have constructed a prototype MRI accelerator.
The prototype is a modified 6 MV Elekta (Crawley, UK) accelerator next to a modified 1.5 T …

The integration of 1.5 T MRI functionality with a radiotherapy linear accelerator (linac) has
been pursued since 1999 by the UMC Utrecht in close collaboration with Elekta and Philips. …

A mathematical model based on the finite difference method has been developed to calculate
transient and steady state temperature distributions in normal unexposed human and …

… 28 603–11 Nederveen AJ, Lagendijk JJW and Hofman P 2001 Feasibility of automatic …
Raaymakers BW, Raaijmakers AJE, Kotte ANTJ, Jette D and Lagendijk JJW 2004b Integrating a …

During hyperthermia the presence of a large vessel entering the heated volume and
carrying blood at the systematic temperature can be an important source of temperature non-…

… 1709–19 Nederveen AJ, Dehnad H, Van der Heide UA, Van Moorselaar RJA, Hofman P
and Lagendijk JJW 2003 Comparison of megavoltage position verification for prostate …