Integrating a MRI scanner with a 6 MV radiotherapy accelerator: Dose increase at tissue-air interfaces in a lateral magnetic field due to returning electrons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1363-1376

  Raaijmakers, A J E ^a   Raaymakers, B W ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

AIR CAVITIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON RETURN EFFECTS (ERE); TISSUE AIR BOUNDARIES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON RETURN EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 17144414177     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/7/002     Document Type: Article

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