Voxeldose: A computer program for 3-D dose calculation in therapeutic nuclear medicine

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Gardin, Isabelle ^a,b   Bouchet, Lionel G ^c   Assié, Karine ^a,d   Caron, Jerome ^b   Lisbona, Albert ^e   Ferrer, Ludovic ^e   Bolch, Wesley E ^f   Vera, Pierre ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE RENÉ GAUDUCHEAU   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; TECHNETIUM 99M; INDIUM;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEOPLASM; RADIATION DOSE;

HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037219423     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108497803321269386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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