Dose effects of guide wires for catheter-based intravascular brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1103-1110

  Li, X Allen ^a   Shih, Rompin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; EGS4 Monte Carlo; Guide wire; Intravascular brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WIRE;

INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; METALLIC GUIDE WIRES;

ONCOLOGY;

IRIDIUM 192; PHOSPHORUS 32; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GUIDE WIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BETA RAYS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; GAMMA RAYS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0035889304     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01763-1     Document Type: Article

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