MRI dosimetry: A fast quantitative MRI method to determine 3D absorbed dose distributions

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 236-241

  Calmet, Chantal ^b,c   Vincensini, Dominique ^d   Bonnet, Jacques ^a   Bertino, Catherine ^d   Catala, Alexandre ^b   Martinez, Maryline ^b   Joffre, Francis ^d  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^b CHG Antoine Gayraud   (France)

^c CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

3D dose distributions; Fast T1 measurements; Flash sequences; Nuclear magnetic resonance dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032974024     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199903000-00014     Document Type: Article

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