Image distortion in MRI-based polymer gel dosimetry of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery systems

Yoichi Watanabe; Gerard M. Perera; Robertus B. Mooij

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Image distortion in MRI-based polymer gel dosimetry of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery systems

Yoichi Watanabe, Gerard M. Perera, Robertus B. Mooij

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We have studied effects of MR (magnetic resonance) image distortion on polymer gel dosimetry of Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery systems. MR images of BANG polymer gel phantoms were acquired by using a Hahn spin-echo sequence and a fast 3D imaging GRASS sequence. Image artifacts were studied by varying the directions of frequency encoding and the receiver bandwidth. The phantoms were also CT (computed tomography) scanned. The studies showed that the measured dose distributions are shifted by 1.8±0.5 mm (2 pixels) in the frequency encoding direction. The magnitude of the shift is inversely proportional to the receiver bandwidth in agreement with theory. Comparison of MRI with CT showed the same image shift. We concluded that the discrepancy is caused by MR image distortion due to a difference in susceptibility effects between the phantom and the fiducial markers of the Leksell localization box.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	797-802
Number of pages	6
Journal	Medical Physics
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1470204
State	Published - 2002

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Absorbed dose
BANG-3 polymer gel
Gamma knife
MRI
Magnetic susceptibility

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