Optimization of multiple spin-echo sequences for 3D polymer gel dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3117-3141

  De Deene, Y ^a   Baldock, C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPOSITION; GELS; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POLYMER GELS; SPATIAL STABILITY;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TIME;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; GELS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0037037130     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/17/306     Document Type: Article

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