Fundamentals of MRI measurements for gel dosimetry Export

@article{citeulike:3210425, abstract = {In radiotherapy gel dosimetry a humanoid phantom is irradiated according to the planned treatment of a patient. This results in a three-dimensional dose distribution. In order to read-out the gel dosimeter phantom, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used. Due to specific disturbances both the spatial and the dose reliability can be compromised. It is essential that the measurement sequence is optimized and that possible imaging artifacts are compensated in such a way that the proposed spatial and dose accuracy are met. In this review, several sources of disturbances are treated and compensation strategies are proposed. A code of good practice for the read-out technique is proposed. Finally, a tool for quality control of the imaging sequence is presented.}, author = {Deene, De Y.}, citeulike-article-id = {3210425}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3/1/009}, doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/3/1/009}, journal = {Journal of Physics: Conference Series}, keywords = {dosimetry, gel}, pages = {87--114}, posted-at = {2008-09-09 16:24:13}, priority = {0}, title = {Fundamentals of MRI measurements for gel dosimetry}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3/1/009}, volume = {3}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3210425 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3210425 N2 - In radiotherapy gel dosimetry a humanoid phantom is irradiated according to the planned treatment of a patient. This results in a three-dimensional dose distribution. In order to read-out the gel dosimeter phantom, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often used. Due to specific disturbances both the spatial and the dose reliability can be compromised. It is essential that the measurement sequence is optimized and that possible imaging artifacts are compensated in such a way that the proposed spatial and dose accuracy are met. In this review, several sources of disturbances are treated and compensation strategies are proposed. A code of good practice for the read-out technique is proposed. Finally, a tool for quality control of the imaging sequence is presented. JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series EP - 114 TI - Fundamentals of MRI measurements for gel dosimetry VL - 3 SP - 87 KW - dosimetry KW - gel AU - Deene, De PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/3/1/009 ER -