Temperature dependence of polymer-gel dosimeter nuclear magnetic resonance response
- 9 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Physics
- Vol. 28 (11), 2370-2378
- https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1410124
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find a physical-mathematical description capable to correct a polymer-gel dosimeter relaxation rate R2-dose response for different temperatures. Four different modifications of polymer-gel dosimeters were used in this study. Samples with polymer-gel dosimeter in glass test vessels were homogeneously irradiated by 60Co gamma photons. A multi-echo sequence with 16 equidistant echoes was used for evaluation of irradiated polymer-gel dosimeters. The sequence parameters were as follows: TR 2000 ms, TE 22.5-360.0 ms, slice thickness 5 mm, FOV 255 mm, one acquisition. The proposed description recommends to subtract R2 response of the nonirradiated dosimeter from the total R2-dose response. The relaxation rate for the irradiated dosimeter can be expressed as a function of temperature and dose. The temperature dependence has an exponential behavior in the measured range. The proposed description allows to correct the measured NMR R2-dose responses for different temperatures.Keywords
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