Determination and application of the reference isodose length (RIL) for commercial endovascular brachytherapy devices

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-315

  Kirisits, Christian ^a   Georg, Dietmar ^a   Wexberg, Paul ^b   Pokrajac, Boris ^a   Glogar, Dietmar ^b   Pötter, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Endovascular brachytherapy; Restenosis; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; PHOSPHORUS 32; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETER; ENDOVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT;

BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036710245     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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