Tomotherapy dose distribution verification using MAGIC-f polymer gel dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2877-2884

  Pavoni, J F ^a   Pike, T L ^b   Snow, J ^b   DeWerd, L ^b   Baffa, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

gel dosimetry; MAGIC; MRI; relaxometry; three dimensional dosimetry; tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; GEL DOSIMETRY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAGIC; RELAXOMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84861608519     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4704496     Document Type: Article

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