F. Liu, S. Crozier, B. Xu, I. Gregg School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Synopsis The precise evaluation of RF coil-tissue interactions and the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) inside biological samples is becoming an increasingly critical design requirement for high-field MRI engineering. Suitable phantom-based analysis is essential to coil ...

Most of the treatment units, both new and old models, are equipped with a megavoltage portal imager but its use for volumetric imaging is limited. This is mainly due to the poor image quality produced by the high-energy treatment beam (> 6MV). A linac at our center is equipped with a prototype 2.5 MV imaging beam. This study evaluates the feasibility of low-dose megavoltage cone-beam imaging wi...

Background: Accurate dose calculations in small beamlets and lung material have been a great challenge for most of treatment planning systems (TPS).  In the current study, the dose calculation accuracy of TiGRT TPS was evaluated for small beamlets in water and lung phantom by comparison to Monte Carlo (MC) calculations. Materials and Methods: The head of Siemens Oncor-impression linac...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of different CBCT imaging monitor units (MUs), reconstruction slice thicknesses, and planning CT slice thicknesses on the positioning accuracy of a megavoltage cone-beam computed tomography (MV-CBCT) system in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) in head-and-neck patients. The MV-CBCT system was a Siemens MVision, a commercial system inte...

This article is related to the experimental data regarding the ability of MRET Noise Field Generator (MRET NFG) placed at the distance of 7 feet from “phantom head” exposed to RF phones radiation to reduce specific absorption rate (SAR) of the water based solution inside “phantom head”. The core part of Generator is MRET polymer compound. Due to the fractal geometry structure of MRET polymer co...

Introduction: Utilization of computed tomography (CT) scans is increasing annually. This study aimed to reduce the absorbed dose of sensitive organs in the head (eye lenses and thyroid) and to assess changes in resultant images quality in head scans when the radiation dose is decreased. Material and Methods: An anthropomorphic phantom was examined with head protocols in both helical and sectio...

We describe the design and initial implementation of a system for constructing a haptic model of a mathematical function for exploration using a PHANToM. The model is that of a block of balsa wood with the trace of the function carved into its surface.