Introducing gel dosimetry in a clinical environment: Customization of polymer gel composition and magnetic resonance imaging parameters used for 3D dose verifications in radiosurgery and intensity modulated radiotherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1286-1297

  Crescenti, Remo A ^a,d   Scheib, Stefan G ^b   Schneider, Uwe ^c   Gianolini, Stefano ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^c TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; IMRT; Magnetic resonance imaging; Polymer gel; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DOSIMETRY; GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; STATISTICS; VERIFICATION;

DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; OPTIMIZATION PARAMETER; POLYMER GELS; RADIOSURGERY; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TRANSVERSAL RELAXATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER SULFATE; GELATIN; HYDROQUINONE; METHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; GEL; GEL DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 34147096861     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2712042     Document Type: Article

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