Advantages of short-lived positron-emitting radioisotopes for intracoronary radiation therapy with liquid-filled balloons to prevent restenosis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1375-1383

  Stoll, H P ^a   Hutchins, G D ^a   Winkle, W L ^a   Nguyen, A T ^a   Appledorn, C R ^a   Janzen, I ^a   Seifert, H ^a   Rube C ^a   Schieffer, H ^a   March, K L ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Positron emitters; Radiation; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; FLUORINE 18; GALLIUM 68; HOLMIUM; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; RADIOISOTOPE; RHENIUM 186; RHENIUM 188;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATTLE; CORONARY VESSELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HALF-LIFE; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; OXYGEN RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034850805     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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