Abstract #4867

Radiotherapy for prostate cancer: Effects of fiducial gold marker on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Osamu Tanaka¹, Takuya Taniguchi¹, Kousei Ono¹, and Masayuki Matsuo²

¹Radiation Oncology, Asahi University Hospital, Gifu, Japan, ²Radiation Oncology, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan

Gold markers showed little effect on the quality of DWI. Therefore, despite using iron-containing markers and the size of marker < 0.5 mm being available, MRI, particularly DWI, may be used during follow-up imaging.

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