A comparison of intravascular source designs based on the beta particle emitter 114mIn/114In: Line source versus stepping source

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-43

  Schaart, Dennis R ^a,c   Marijnissen, Johannes P A ^b  

^a Nucletron BV   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

114mIn 114In; Beta particle dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy; Monte Carlo electron transport simulation

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 114M; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUOROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036453986     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(02)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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