Clinical experience and cost evaluation of magnetic resonance imaging -only workflow in radiation therapy planning of prostate cancer.

Background And Purpose: In radiation therapy (RT), significant improvements have been made recently particularly in the practices of planning imaging. This study aimed to conduct a cost evaluation between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -only and combined computed tomography (CT) and MRI workflows.

Materials And Methods: The time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) model was used to conduct a cost evaluation between the two workflows in those steps, where cost differences were expected.