Three-dimensional visualization and measurement of conformal dose distributions using magnetic resonance imaging of bang polymer gel dosimeters

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1097-1103

  Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a,d   Maryanski, Marek J ^b,c   Eastman, Peter ^c   Holcomb, Stephen D ^a   Zhang, Yashan ^a   Avison, Robin G ^a   Sanders, Michael ^a   Gore, John C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Polymer gels; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GELS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030758768     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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