Radionuclide photon dose kernels for internal emitter dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 759-764

  Furhang, Eli E ^a   Sgouros, George ^a   Chui, Chen Shou ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

absorbed fractions; dose kernels; internal dosimetry; Monte Carlo; radioimmunotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSORBED FRACTIONS; DOSE KERNELS; INTERNAL EMITTERS; MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS; PHOTON EMISSIONS; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SPHERICAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORT OF PARTICLES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COPPER 64; COPPER 67; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 124; IODINE 125; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; RHENIUM 186; RHENIUM 188; SAMARIUM 153; TECHNETIUM 99M; TIN; TIN 117M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029946917     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597670     Document Type: Article

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