Dose response evaluation of a low-density normoxic polymer gel dosimeter using MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 919-928

  Haraldsson, P ^a,b   Karlsson, A ^a   Wieslander, E ^c   Gustavsson, H ^a   Back S A J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSIMETERS; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYSTYRENES;

DOSE RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; LINEAR RESPONSE; LOW-DENSITY NORMOXIC POLYMER GEL DOSIMETERS; NORMOXIC POLYMER GELS;

DOSIMETRY;

ANTIOXIDANT; PHOSPHONIUM DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; TETRAKIS(HYDROXYMETHYL)PHOSPHONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; GEL; IRRADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELIABILITY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645502574     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/4/011     Document Type: Article

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