Permanent implantation of 125I sources in the prostate: Radical limits of simplicity

Radiology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 839-844

  McLaughlîn, Patrick W ^a,b   Narayana, Vrînda ^b   Fields, Marc T ^a   Dworzanîn, Michael E ^b   Winfield, Raymond J ^b   Roberson, Peter L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Prostate, neoplasms; Prostate, therapeutic radiology; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE;

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0032590068     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.213.3.r99nv28839     Document Type: Article

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