3D absorbed dose calculations based on SPECT: Evaluation for 111-In/90-Y therapy using Monte Carlo simulations

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-107

  Ljungberg, Michael ^a   Frey, Eric ^c   Sjögreen, Katarina ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^b   Dewaraja, Yuni ^d   Strand, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Quantification; Scatter; Simulation; SPECT

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037222431     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108497803321269377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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