A dose-point-kernel model for a low energy gamma-emitting stent in a heterogeneous medium

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1397-1405

  Janicki, Christian ^a   Duggan, Dennis M ^b   Rahdert, David A ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Isostent Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo simulations; Plaque; Radioactive stent

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); STENTS;

CYLINDRICAL SURFACE; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; PLAQUE; RADIOACTIVE STENT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CESIUM; PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; STENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034912814     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1380214     Document Type: Article

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