How to scan polymer gels with MRI?

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2010, Pages 69-78

  De Deene, Yves ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ABSORBED RADIATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; IMAGING PROTOCOL; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETER; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 78650543469     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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