High resolution polymer gel dosimetry by parameter selective MR-microimaging on a whole body scanner at 3 T

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 833-843

  Berg, A ^a   Ertl, A ^b   Moser, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; MR microimaging; Polymer gel; Radiosurgery; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GELS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION TIME; MICRO-IMAGING; POLYMER GELS; RADIOSURGERY; RELAXATION; STEREOTACTIC IRRADIATIONS; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GEL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0035016596     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1358304     Document Type: Article

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