Verification of optimised 3D dose distributions with MR Fricke gel;Verifikation optimierter 3D-Dosisverteilungen mittels MR-Fricke-Gel

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-42

  Scherer, J ^a,b   Bogner, L ^a   Herbst, M ^a   Muller Broich A ^b  

^a Klin Poliklin F Strahlentherapie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFATE GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031058401     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03039192     Document Type: Article

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