Monte Carlo modeling of radiation dose distributions in intravascular radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1086-1092

  Stabin, Michael G ^a   Konijnenberg, Mark ^b   Knapp, F F ^c   Spencer, Robert H ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b BV   (Netherlands)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Intravascular radiation therapy; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CORONARY ARTERIES; DISCRETE ENERGIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAMS; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR RADIATION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO MODEL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SAFETY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034081128     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598973     Document Type: Article

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