Plane polarized x-ray fluorescence system for the in vivo measurement of platinum in head and neck tumours

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2337-2345

  Ali, P A ^a   Al Hussany, A F ^a   Bennett, C A ^a   Hancock, D A ^a   El Sharkawi, A M ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CISPLATIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PLATINUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0031857696     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/8/024     Document Type: Article

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