Overview of Image-Guided Localization Modalities
Parag Jitendra Parikh, Jeff M. Michalski · 2008
Improved target definition and contouring consensus is possible with MRI imaging (3), but multiple structures not visible on CT create confusion and necessitate training in pelvic MRI and functional anatomy to take advantage of this potential (4). Full integration of MRI imaging requires registration, a potential source of error that can diminish the advantage of MRI imaging (5,6). Multiple comple- mentary methods of registration are available, and no single method is without potential error. In spite of cau- tion about registration error, the clarity of MRI imaging is compelling, and there is little doubt that integration of a variety of functional scans will be routine in the future.