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ReviewThe British journal of radiology2017

The future of image-guided radiotherapy will be MR guided.

Julianne M Pollard, Zhifei Wen, Ramaswamy Sadagopan, Jihong Wang, Geoffrey S Ibbott

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In one paragraph

Review in The British journal of radiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
23.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Prospective study on dose escalation using intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) with simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) and concurrent chemotherapy in preoperative locally advanced rectal cancer.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2026
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  14. Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation Using Pre-RT MRI Scans and Cascaded DualUNet.Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for MR-Guided Applications : First MICCAI Challenge, HNTS-MRG 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 17, 2024, proceedings · 2025
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  16. Overview of the Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for Magnetic Resonance Guided Applications (HNTS-MRG) 2024 Challenge.Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for MR-Guided Applications : First MICCAI Challenge, HNTS-MRG 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 17, 2024, proceedings · 2025
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  17. Assessing Self-supervised xLSTM-UNet Architectures for Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in MR-Guided Applications.Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for MR-Guided Applications : First MICCAI Challenge, HNTS-MRG 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 17, 2024, proceedings · 2025
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  18. Enhancing Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation in MRI: The Impact of Image Preprocessing and Model Ensembling.Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for MR-Guided Applications : First MICCAI Challenge, HNTS-MRG 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 17, 2024, proceedings · 2025
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  20. Enhanced nnU-Net Architectures for Automated MRI Segmentation of Head and Neck Tumors in Adaptive Radiation Therapy.Head and Neck Tumor Segmentation for MR-Guided Applications : First MICCAI Challenge, HNTS-MRG 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, Marrakesh, Morocco, October 17, 2024, proceedings · 2025
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51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julianne M PollardUT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Zhifei WenUT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ramaswamy SadagopanUT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jihong WangUT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Geoffrey S IbbottUT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in image-guided radiotherapy (RT) have allowed for dose escalation and more precise radiation treatment delivery. Each decade brings new imaging technologies to help improve RT patient setup. Currently, the most frequently used method of three-dimensional pre-treatment image verification is performed with cone beam CT. However, more recent developments have provided RT with the ability to have on-board MRI coupled to the teleradiotherapy unit. This latest tool for treating cancer is known as MR-guided RT. Several varieties of these units have been designed and installed in centres across the globe. Their prevalence, history, advantages and disadvantages are discussed in this review article. In preparation for the next generation of image-guided RT, this review also covers where MR-guided RT might be heading in the near future.

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingBiomarkersForecastingHumansNeoplasmsRadiotherapy, Image-GuidedBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID28256898
PMCPMC5605101
OpenAlexW2591910347

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