A schema for estimating absorbed dose to organs following the administration of radionuclides with multiple unstable daughters: A matrix approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2526-2528

  Hamacher, K A ^a   Sgouros, G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Biodistribution; Dosimetry; Modeling; Radionuclides; Unstable progeny

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; DOSIMETRY; MODELS; TISSUE;

ABSORBED DOSE; BIODISTRIBUTIONS; MATRIX APPROACH; MODEL VALIDATION; PROBABILITY MATRIXES; UNSTABLE PROGENY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ABSORPTION; ALPHA RADIATION; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0033433971     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598788     Document Type: Review

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