The magnetic resonance imaging–linac system

JJW Lagendijk, BW Raaymakers… - Seminars in radiation …, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

MR guidance in radiotherapy

JJW Lagendijk, BW Raaymakers… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Hyperthermia treatment planning

JJW Lagendijk - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Integrating a 1.5 T MRI scanner with a 6 MV accelerator: proof of concept

BW Raaymakers, JJW Lagendijk… - Physics in Medicine …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

MRI/linac integration

JJW Lagendijk, BW Raaymakers… - Radiotherapy and …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: In radiotherapy the healthy tissue involvement still poses serious
dose limitations. This results in sub-optimal tumour dose and complications. Daily image …

First patients treated with a 1.5 T MRI-Linac: clinical proof of concept of a high-precision, high-field MRI guided radiotherapy treatment

BW Raaymakers, IM Jürgenliemk-Schulz… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
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. …

Integrating a MRI scanner with a 6 MV radiotherapy accelerator: dose increase at tissue–air interfaces in a lateral magnetic field due to returning electrons

AJE Raaijmakers, BW Raaymakers… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
… 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 …

Integrating a MRI scanner with a 6 MV radiotherapy accelerator: dose deposition in a transverse magnetic field

BW Raaymakers, AJE Raaijmakers… - Physics in Medicine …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Lagendijk JJW, Raaymakers BW, Van Der Heide UA, Topolnjak R, Dehnad H, Hofman P, …
26 967–73 Nederveen AJ, Lagendijk JJW and Hofman P 2001 Feasibility of automatic …

Calculation of change in brain temperatures due to exposure to a mobile phone

GMJ Van Leeuwen, JJW Lagendijk… - Physics in Medicine …, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
… Raaymakers BW, Crezee J and Lagendijk JJW 1998 Comparison of temperature distributions
in interstitial hyperthermia: experiments in bovine tongues versus generic simulations Phys…

Design of a radiative surface coil array element at 7 T: the single‐side adapted dipole antenna

AJE Raaijmakers, O Ipek, DWJ Klomp… - Magnetic resonance …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Ultra high field MR imaging (≥7 T) of deeply located targets in the body is facing some
radiofrequency‐field related challenges: interference patterns, reduced penetration depth, and …