Characterization of the ultrasonic attenuation coefficient and its frequency dependence in a polymer gel dosimeter

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6747-6759

  Crescenti, Remo A ^a   Bamber, Jeffrey C ^a   Partridge, Mike ^a   Bush, Nigel L ^a   Webb, Steve ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY; QUASI-LINEAR DOSEES; ULTRASONIC ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS;

DOSIMETERS;

ACRYLAMIDE DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; GEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

GELS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 35948976610     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/22/013     Document Type: Article

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