The use of high field strength and parallel imaging techniques for MRI-based gel dosimetry in stereotactic radiosurgery

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Seimenis, I ^a   Moutsatsos, A ^b   Petrokokkinos, L ^c   Kantemiris, I ^c   Benekos, O ^c   Efstathopoulos, E ^c   Papagiannis, P ^b   Spevacek, V ^d   Semnicka, J ^d   Dvorak, P ^d  

^a Medical Diagnostic Center Ayios Therissos   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breast; Cardiovascular; MR angiography (MRA); Others); Radiotherapy concepts; Dosimetry concepts and apparatus; MRI (whole body

Indexed keywords

BREAST; CARDIOVASCULAR; MR-ANGIOGRAPHY (MRA); OTHERS); WHOLE BODY;

DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TOOLS;

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 71049176977     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/07/P07004     Document Type: Article

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