A dosimetric comparison of conventional vs conformal external beam irradiation of a stented coronary artery utilizing a new fluoroscopic imaging detector system

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-85

  Farber, Leonard A ^a   Bloch, Peter ^a   Yorke, Ellen D ^a   Stevens, Craig W ^a   Herrmann, Howard ^a   Ruffer, James E ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal external photon beam irradiation; Coronary artery; Fluoroscopy; Stent

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANIMALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY DISEASE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STENTS;

EID: 0032601175     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(98)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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