Assessing the image quality of pelvic MR images acquired with a flat couch for radiotherapy treatment planning

摘要

ObjectivesTo improve the integration of MRI with radiotherapy treatment planning, our department fabricated a flat couch top for our MR scanner. Setting up using this couch top meant that the patients were physically higher up in the scanner and, posteriorly, a gap was introduced between the patient and radiofrequency coil.