Application of normoxic polymer gels in 3D-dosimetry for radiosurgery;Einsatz normoxischer polymergele in der 3D-dosimetrie für die radiochirurgie

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-187

  Scheib, Stefan ^a   Crescenti, Remo ^b   Vogelsanger, Walter ^c   Schenkel, Yvonne ^b   Gianolini, Stefano ^a   Lazaridis, Emmanuil ^d   Mack, Andreas ^e  

^a KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Schaffhausen   (Switzerland)

^d METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e Gamma Knife Centre Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose verification; Dosimetry; Polymer gel; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE; GEL; HISTOGRAM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33748548370     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00313     Document Type: Article

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