A Custom-Designed MR Coil for Spine Radiotherapy Treatment Planning

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: FDA approved spine coil; Diagnostic Test: Custom Designed Spine Coil

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03170531

17-267

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the image quality improvement provided by a custom MR spine coil in comparison with the FDA approved coil when used for radiotherapy treatment planning.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy Volunteers age 18 or older

Exclusion criteria

• Anyone who would be normally excluded from undergoing an MRI examination as per Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Screening Questionnaire
• Volunteers with a pacemaker, aneurysm clip or any other condition that would warrant avoidance of a strong magnetic field
• Female volunteers who are pregnant or nursing
• Volunteers who are unable to comply or complete the MRI exam due to claustrophobia or high levels of anxiety
• Volunteers who are under direct supervision of any investigators on the study will not be eligible to participate

Trial design

8 participants in 1 patient group

Custom MR spine coil

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Custom Designed Spine Coil

Diagnostic Test: FDA approved spine coil