First MR images obtained during megavoltage photon irradiation from a prototype integrated linac-MR system

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2084-2088

  Fallone, B G ^a   Murray, B ^b   Rathee, S ^b   Stanescu, T ^a   Steciw, S ^c   Vidakovic, S ^c   Blosser, E ^a   Tymofichuk, D ^a  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Image guidance; Linac; MR; Real time MR guided radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; IMAGE GUIDANCES; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LINAC; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; REAL TIME; SHIELDING CALCULATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 66449118760     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3125662     Document Type: Article

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