Radio frequency noise from clinical linear accelerators

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2483-2492

  Burke, B ^a   Lamey, M ^a   Rathee, S ^a,b   Murray, B ^a,b   Fallone, B G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; IMAGE ARTIFACTS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LARMOR FREQUENCIES; MAGNITUDE SPECTRUM; MR IMAGES; PHYSICAL LAYOUT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY NOISE; RF-POWER; SPATIAL LOCATION;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETRONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTRICITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 67649124572     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/8/015     Document Type: Article

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