Implementation and evaluation of patient-specific three-dimensional internal dosimetry

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-308

  Kolbert, Katherine S ^a   Sgouros, George ^b   Scott, Andrew M ^b   Bronstein, James E ^b   Malane, Rachel A ^b   Zhang, Jiaju ^b   Kalaigian, Hovanes ^b   McNamara, Stephen ^b   Schwartz, Lawrence ^b   Larson, Steven M ^b  

^a Nuclear Medicine Service   (United States)

^b Dept of Medical Physics ^*

Author keywords

dose volume histograms; radionuclide therapy; three dimensional dosimetry

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031054282     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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