Magnetic decoupling of the linac in a low field biplanar linac-MR system

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4755-4761

  St Aubin, J ^a   Steciw, S ^a   Fallone, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

finite element analysis; linac MR; linear accelerator; magnetic shielding

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BUSBARS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; WAVEGUIDES;

ACTIVE MAGNETIC SHIELDING; CURRENT CARRYING WIRE; FIELD DISTORTIONS; LINAC-MR; MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

MAGNETIC SHIELDING;

DEVICES; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 77956310192     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3480482     Document Type: Article

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