Dosimetric effect of source centering and residual plaque for β-emitting catheter based intravascular brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2162-2171

  Sehgal, Varun ^a   Li, Zuofeng ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Bolch, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Intravascular; Source centering

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; HEART; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAMMA RAY EMITTER; INTRAVASCULAR; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RADIATION DELIVERY; SOURCE-CENTERING;

CATHETERS;

PHOSPHORUS 32; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEART MOVEMENT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RESTENOSIS; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0034760771     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1406520     Document Type: Article

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