An evaluation of the TSE MR sequence for time efficient data acquisition in polymer gel dosimetry of applications involving high doses and steep dose gradients

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3339-3345

  Baras, P ^a   Seimenis, I ^a   Sandilos, P ^b,c   Vlahos, L ^b,c   Bieganski, T ^d   Georgiou, E ^e   Pantelis, E ^e   Papagiannis, P ^e   Sakelliou, L ^e  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GELS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARRPURCELL-MEIBOOM-GILL (CPMG); DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; TURBO SPIN ECHOS;

DOSIMETRY;

ACRYLIC ACID; IRIDIUM 192; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CARR PURCELL MEIBOOM GILL MULTIECHO ACQUISITION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; GEL; IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TURBO SPIN ECHO PULSE SEQUENCE;

EID: 28044468392     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2065367     Document Type: Article

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