Dosimetric and volumetric criteria for selecting a source activity and a source type (125I or 103Pd) in the presence of irregular seed placement in permanent prostate implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 815-820

  Wuu, Cheng Shie ^a   Ennis, Ronald D ^a   Schiff, Peter B ^a   Lee, Eva K ^b   Zaider, Marco ^c  

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

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated computerized planning; Brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Palladium 103; Prostate implants; Seed displacement

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM 103; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY;

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

EID: 0034213193     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00538-6     Document Type: Article

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