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This research aimed to validate the use of a hybrid multi-atlas synthetic computed tomography (sCT) generation technique from a MRI, using a female and male atlas, for MRI only radiation therapy treatment planning of rectum, anal canal, cervix and endometrial malignancies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Forty patients receiving radiation treatment for a range of pelvic malignancies, were separated into male (n\u2009=\u200920) and female (n\u2009=\u200920) cohorts for the creation of gender specific atlases. A multi-atlas local weighted voting method was used to generate a sCT from a T1-weighted VIBE DIXON MRI sequence. The original treatment plans were copied from the CT scan to the corresponding sCT for dosimetric validation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The median percentage dose difference between the treatment plan on the CT and sCT at the ICRU reference point for the male cohort was \u2212\u20090.4% (IQR of 0 to \u2212\u20090.6), and \u2212\u20090.3% (IQR of 0 to \u2212\u20090.6) for the female cohort. The mean gamma agreement for both cohorts was &gt;\u200999% for criteria of 3%\/2\u00a0mm and 2%\/2\u00a0mm. With dose criteria of 1%\/1\u00a0mm, the pass rate was higher for the male cohort at 96.3% than the female cohort at 93.4%. MRI to sCT anatomical agreement for bone and body delineated contours was assessed, with a resulting Dice score of 0.91 \u00b1 0.2 (mean \u00b1 1 SD) and 0.97\u2009\u00b1\u20090.0 for the male cohort respectively; and 0.96 \u00b1 0.0 and 0.98 \u00b1 0.0 for the female cohort respectively. The mean absolute error in Hounsfield units (HUs) within the entire body for the male and female cohorts was 59.1 HU \u00b1 7.2 HU and 53.3 HU \u00b1 8.9 HU respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A multi-atlas based method for sCT generation can be applied to a standard T1-weighted MRI sequence for male and female pelvic patients. The implications of this study support MRI only planning being applied more broadly for both male and female pelvic sites.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Trial registration<\/jats:italic>\n                      This trial was registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) (\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/www.anzctr.org.au\">www.anzctr.org.au<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      ) on 04\/10\/2017. 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