High dose rate (HDR) and low dose fate (LDR) interstitial irradiation (IRT) of the rat spinal cord

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Pop, Lucas A M ^a   Van Der Plas, Mirjam ^a   Skwarchuk, Mark W ^b   Hanssen, Alex E J ^a   Van Der Kogel, Albert J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose rate; Radiobiology; Repair kinetics; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MALE; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031058682     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01862-2     Document Type: Article

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