Patient positioning using magnetic implants and magnetic field sensors

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 779-781

  Lennernäs, Bo ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0031431497     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869709001355     Document Type: Article

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