Spatial resolution of magnetic resonance imaging Fricke-gel dosimetry is improved with a honeycomb phantom

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-20

  Silva, Nivia Aparecida ^a   Nicolucci, Patricia ^a   Baffa, Oswaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fricke gel dosimetry; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DOSIMETRY; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IONS; MAGNETISM; PHANTOMS; RESONANCE;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FERRIC IONS; FRICKE GEL; HONEYCOMB CELLS; ION DIFFUSION; MR IMAGES; SPATIAL ACCURACY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COBALT 60; FERRIC ION;

ARTICLE; COBALT TELETHERAPY; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GEL; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0037241347     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1527039     Document Type: Article

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