Intravascular brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM radiation therapy committee task group no. 60

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-152

  Nath, Ravinder ^a   Amols, Howard ^b   Coffey, Charles ^c   Duggan, Dennis ^c   Jani, Shirish ^d   Li, Zuofeng ^e   Schell, Michael ^f   Soares, Christopher ^g   Whiting, James ^h   Cole, Patricia E ^a   Crocker, Ian ⁱ   Schwartz, Robert ^j  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Angioplasty; Dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Radiation protection; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL STUDY; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; NORMAL-TISSUE TOXICITY; RESTENOSIS; STATE OF THE ART; TASK GROUPS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032941450     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598496     Document Type: Review

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