The effect of water molecular self-diffusion on quantitative high-resolution MRI polymer gel dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3043-3058

  Hurley, C ^a   De Deene, Y ^a   Meder, R ^a   Pope, J M ^a   Baldock, C ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DOSIMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; WATER;

POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GEL; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GELS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0141782329     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/18/306     Document Type: Article

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