Evaluation of artifacts and distortions of titanium applicators on 3.0-tesla MRI: Feasibility of titanium applicators in MRI-guided brachytherapy for gynecological cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 947-955

  Kim, Yusung ^a   Muruganandham, Manickam ^a   Modrick, Joseph M ^a   Bayouth, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D image guided brachytherapy; Artifacts; brachytherapy; distortions; MRI guided brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER SULPHATE; DATA SETS; DISTORTIONS; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; IN-VIVO; MR SEQUENCE; PHANTOM STUDIES; SLICE THICKNESS; TANDEM AND OVOID;

APPLICATORS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RESONANCE; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COPPER SULFATE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLETCHER SUIT DELCLOS STYLE TANDEM AND OVOID; GEOMETRY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; TANDEM AND RING APPLICATOR;

ARTIFACTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79957544728     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.07.1981     Document Type: Article

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