Advanced Brachytherapy Physics - Vienna 2016

Functional imaging

Funtional MRI 

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Pre EBRT

DWI

Dynamic contrast enhanced: DCE-MRI

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Diffusion weighted: DWI

• Repeated tumour imaging during RT  Evaluation of response  Identification of tumour subvolumes

After 40Gy EBRT

• Evaluation of residual DWI signal after 40-45Gy EBRT in 53 pts

DWI

Persistent DWI (25 pts):

8 local failures

No residual DWI (28 pts): 1 local failure

Aarhus University Hospital Søren Haack, 2012