Patient effective dose from endovascular brachytherapy with 192Ir sources

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-128

  Pema, L ^a,b   Bianchi, C ^a   Nicolini, G ^a   Novario, R ^a   Tanzi, F ^a   Conte, L ^c  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RENAL ARTERY; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 0036395948     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006080     Document Type: Article

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