Quantitative validation of the 3D SAR profile of hyperthermia applicators using the gamma method

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3075-3088

  De Bruijne, Maarten ^a   Samaras, Theodoros ^b   Chavannes, Nicolas ^c   Van Rhoon, Gerard C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GAMMA RAYS; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELS; HYPERTHERMIA TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; LUCITE CONE APPLICATORS (LCA); SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAMMA RADIATION; HYPERTHERMIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34249012828     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/11/010     Document Type: Article

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