Seed localization in eye plaque brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1491-1492

  Emery, Richard S ^a   Szechter, Andrzej ^a  

^a Saint Vincents Comprehensive Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Eye plaques; Intraocular tumors

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PHOTOCOPYING; TUMORS;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; EYE PLAQUES; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; INTRAOCULAR TUMORS; PLAQUE BRACHYTHERAPY; SEED LOCALIZATION; SPREADSHEET PROGRAM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION;

EID: 0031816945     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598324     Document Type: Article

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