Publications by authors named "M Kawula"

Background: Manual contour corrections during fractionated magnetic resonance (MR)-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) are time-consuming. Conventional population models for deep learning auto-segmentation might be suboptimal for MRgRT at MR-Linacs since they do not incorporate manual segmentation from treatment planning and previous fractions.

Purpose: In this work, we investigate patient-specific (PS) auto-segmentation methods leveraging expert-segmented planning and prior fraction MR images (MRIs) to improve auto-segmentation on consecutive treatment days.

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Introduction: This study evaluated the performance of magnetic resonance thermometry (MRT) during deep-regional hyperthermia (HT) in pelvic and lower-extremity soft-tissue sarcomas.

Materials And Methods: 17 pelvic (45 treatments) and 16 lower-extremity (42 treatments) patients underwent standard regional HT and chemotherapy. Pairs of double-echo gradient-echo scans were acquired during the MR protocol 1.

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Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy enables adaptive treatment plans based on daily anatomical changes and accurate organ visualization. However, the bias field artifact can compromise image quality, affecting diagnostic accuracy and quantitative analyses. This study aims to assess the impact of bias field correction on 0.

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Background And Purpose: Ultra-hypofractionated online adaptive magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) is promising for prostate cancer. However, the impact of online adaptation on target coverage and organ-at-risk (OAR) sparing at the level of accumulated dose has not yet been reported. Using deformable image registration (DIR)-based accumulation, we compared the delivered adapted dose with the simulated non-adapted dose.

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Purpose: Manual recontouring of targets and Organs At Risk (OARs) is a time-consuming and operator-dependent task. We explored the potential of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) to auto-segment the rectum, bladder and femoral heads on 0.35T MRIs to accelerate the online MRI-guided-Radiotherapy (MRIgRT) workflow.

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