Characterization of the susceptibility artifact around a prostate brachytherapy seed in MRI

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4459-4467

  Wachowicz, K ^a   Thomas, S D ^a   Fallone, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC DISTORTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER; MAIN MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; SEED ORIENTATION; SPIN ECHO TECHNIQUES; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 33845312681     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2364052     Document Type: Article

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