The water-equivalence of phantom materials for 90Sr-90Y beta particles

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1010-1015

  Buckley, Lesley A ^a   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^a   DeWerd, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta particles; Dose gradient; Intravascular brachytherapy; Restenosis; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOTHERAPY;

BETA PARTICLES; DOSE GRADIENTS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; RESTENOSIS; STRONTIUM-90;

PHANTOMS;

POLYSTYRENE; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 0034967228     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1376176     Document Type: Article

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