Development and optimization of a 2-hydroxyethylacrylate MRI polymer gel dosimeter

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-241

  Gustavsson, Helen ^a   Back S A J ^a,b   Lepage, M ^b,c   Rintoul, L ^b   Baldock, C ^b,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DOSIMETERS; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TOPOLOGY;

POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GELATIN; N,N' METHYLENEBISACRYLAMIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYMER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ACRYLAMIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHACRYLATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERS; RADIOMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0742271771     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/2/004     Document Type: Article

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