Endovascular brachytherapy - Treatment planning and radiation protection

Herz

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 337-346

  Quast, Ulrich ^a   Flühs, Dirk ^b   Bambynek, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Universitätsklinikum ^*

Author keywords

Dose specification; Dosimetric treatment planning; Endovascular brachytherapy; Plastic scintillator dosimetry; Radiation protection; Reporting; Vascular restenosis

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57; IRIDIUM 192; IRON 55; PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIOISOTOPE; RHENIUM 188; STRONTIUM 90; TECHNETIUM 99M; TUNGSTEN; VANADIUM; XENON 133; YTTRIUM 90;

CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031657316     PISSN: 03409937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043598     Document Type: Review

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