Integrated megavoltage portal imaging with a 1.5 T MRI linac

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Raaymakers, B W ^a   De Boer, J C J ^a   Knox, C ^a,b   Crijns, S P M ^a   Smit, K ^a   Stam, M K ^a   Bosch, M R Van Den ^a   Kok, J G M ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM TRANSMISSION; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; DETECTOR PANELS; LOW DOSE LEVELS; MEGAVOLTAGE; MEGAVOLTAGE PORTAL IMAGING; MR IMAGING; MUTUAL INTERFERENCE; PORTAL IMAGER; TRANSMISSION IMAGING; VERIFICATION PROTOCOL; VERIFICATION TOOLS;

IMAGE QUALITY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BONE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE AND BONES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PELVIC BONES; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 80053144357     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/19/N01     Document Type: Article

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