A preliminary study of the novel application of normoxic polymer gel dosimeters for the measurement of CTDI on diagnostic x-ray CT scanners

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1589-1597

  Hill, Brendan ^a,b   Venning, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Baldock, Clive ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer tomography; CT; Dose profile; Dosimeter; MRI; Normoxic polymer gel dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; POLYMERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCANNING; X RAYS;

ACCEPTANCE TESTING; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE PROFILE; FULL WIDTH HALF MAXIMUM; NORMOXIC POLYMER GEL; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; SLICE-SENSITIVITY PROFILES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLYMER;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 21144437851     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1925181     Document Type: Conference Paper

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