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Non-Invasive Imaging For The Assessment Of Cardiac Dose And Function Following Focused External Beam Irradiation, Omar El-Sherif
Non-Invasive Imaging For The Assessment Of Cardiac Dose And Function Following Focused External Beam Irradiation, Omar El-Sherif
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Technological advances in imaging and radiotherapy have led to significant improvement in the survival rate of breast cancer patients. However, a larger proportion of patients are now exhibiting the less understood, latent effects of incidental cardiac irradiation that occurs during left-sided breast radiotherapy. Here, we examine the utility of four-dimensional computed tomography (4D-CT) for the accurate assessment of cardiac dose; and a hybrid positron emission tomography (PET) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to longitudinally study radiation-induced cardiac effects in a canine model.
Using 4D-CT and deformable dose accumulation, we assessed the variation caused by breathing motion in the estimated dose …