Experimental verification of magnetic field dose effects for the MRI-accelerator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 4283-4291

  Raaijmakers, A J E ^a   Raaymakers, B W ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

GAFCHROMIC FILMS; MRI-LINAC SPECIFIC DOSE EFFECTS; MRI-LINEAR ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 34547286368     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/14/017     Document Type: Article

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