Installation of the 1.5 T MRI accelerator next to clinical accelerators: Impact of the fringe field

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Kok, J G M ^a   Raaymakers, B W ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a   Overweg, J ^b   De Graaff, C H W ^a   Brown, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FRINGE FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MRI MAGNETS; NETHERLANDS; PHILIPS; RADIATION FIELD;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCELERATION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71049185196     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/18/N02     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Raaymakers B W et al 2009 Integrating a 1.5 T MRI scanner with a 6 MV accelerator: proof of concept. Phys. Med. Biol. 54 N229-37