MRI-based tumour control probability in skull-base chordomas treated with carbon-ion therapy.

Affiliation

Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Electronic address: [Email]

Abstract

To derive personalized tumour control probability (TCP) models, using diffusion-weighted (DW-) MRI for defining initial tumour cellular density in skull-base chordoma patients undergoing carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT).

Keywords

Chordoma,Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Heavy ion radiotherapy,Skull base,