Approximate distribution of dose among foetal organs for radioiodine uptake via placenta transfer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2773-2783

  Millard, R K ^a   Saunders, M ^a   Palmer, A M ^a   Preece, A W ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BRAIN; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

RADIOIODINE;

DOSIMETRY;

RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SODIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MOTHER; ORGAN; PHANTOM; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH; TECHNIQUE; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND;

BRAIN; DATABASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RADIOMETRY; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; THYMUS GLAND; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034753381     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/11/302     Document Type: Article

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