Dose uniformity of ferromagnetic seed implants in tissue with discrete vasculature: A numerical study on the impact of seed characteristics and implantation techniques

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-138

  Van Wieringen, N ^a   Kotte, A N T J ^a   Van Leeuwen, G M J ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a   Van Dijk, J D P ^b   Nieuwenhuys, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; GEOMETRY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031889844     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/1/008     Document Type: Article

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