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ReviewJournal of medical imaging and radiation oncology2026

A Review of the Australian MRI Linac Program: From Pie in the Sky to Research Milestone.

Michael Bernard Barton, Geoffrey Paul Delaney, Peter Greer, Lois Holloway, Peter Metcalfe, Robba Rai, Trang Pham, William S Price, David Waddington, Stuart Crozier and 1 more

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Review in Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Michael Bernard BartonSouth Western Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0112-0680
Geoffrey Paul DelaneySouth Western Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-396X
Peter GreerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Calvary Mater Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Lois HollowaySouth Western Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Peter MetcalfeCentre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Robba RaiSouth Western Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Trang PhamSouth Western Campus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
William S PriceNanoscale Organisation and Dynamics Group, School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8549-4665
David WaddingtonIngham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7017-1556
Stuart CrozierThe School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Paul KeallIngham Institute for Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

Australian Cancer Research FoundationAustralian Research CouncilCancer Institute NSWDepartment of Health and Ageing, Australian GovernmentNational Health and Medical Research Council APP1036078National Health and Medical Research Council APP1132471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Australian Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Linear Accelerator program (MRI linac) was a major research project that aimed to build and test a unique MRI linac prototype for cancer treatment. It aimed to improve radiotherapy anatomical targeting and explore physiological targeting. The purpose of this report is to summarise the development and achievements of the program so as to provide an example of a successful large-scale research project in Australian radiation oncology. The project involved six Australian universities and international collaborators. We developed and built a unique MRI linac configuration comprising a 1 T magnetic field and a 6 MV accelerator, with the beam delivered in line with B

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingNeoplasmsParticle AcceleratorsRadiation OncologyRadiotherapy, Image-GuidedAustraliaHumansimage‐guided radiotherapyMRI linacMRI spectroscopy

Identifiers

PMID42287017
PMCPMC13471898

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