Dose verification of single shot gamma knife applications using VIPAR polymer gel and MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1235-1250

  Karaiskos, P ^a,b   Petrokokkinos, L ^b   Tatsis, E ^c   Angelopoulos, A ^b   Baras, P ^d   Kozicki, M ^e   Papagiannis, P ^b   Rosiak, J M ^e   Sakelliou, L ^b   Sandilos, P ^a,c   Vlachos, L ^c  

^a HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; GELS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POLYMERS;

DOSIMETRY PLANNING; GAMMA KNIFE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT IMAGING; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

DOSIMETRY;

POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY FILM;

ARGON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYVINYLS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 20144388713     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/6/013     Document Type: Article

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