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Diffusion‐weighted MRI with minimal distortion in head‐and‐neck radiotherapy using a turbo spin echo acquisition method

Schakel et al., 2017

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17479409004027303209
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Schakel T
Hoogduin J
Terhaard C
Philippens M
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Medical Physics

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Purpose Diffusion‐weighted (DW) MRI, showing high contrast between tumor and background tissue, is a promising technique in radiotherapy for tumor delineation. However, its use for head‐and‐neck patients is hampered by poor geometric accuracy in conventional …
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