Dosimetry close to an 192Ir HDR source using N-vinylpyrrolidone based polymer gels and magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1416-1426

  Papagiannis, P ^a   Pappas, E ^a   Kipouros, P ^a   Angelopoulos, A ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Baras, P ^b,c   Karaiskos, P ^b,c   Seimenis, I ^b,c   Sandilos, P ^b,c   Baltas, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HDR; Intravascular; Monte Carlo; Polymer MRI dosimetry

Indexed keywords

GELS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRAVASCULAR; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; N VINYLPYRROLIDONE; SLICE THICKNESS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

DOSIMETRY;

IRIDIUM 192; POVIDONE; 1 VINYL 2 PYRROLIDINONE; 2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; BIOMATERIAL; IRIDIUM; N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDINONE; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; GEL; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS; PYRROLIDINONES; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0034742735     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1382603     Document Type: Article

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