RMDP: A dedicated package for 131I SPECT quantification, registration and patient-specific dosimetry

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Guy, Matthew J ^a,b   Flux, Glenn D ^a   Papavasileiou, Periklis ^a   Flower, Maggie A ^a   Ott, Robert J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ALGORITHM; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037223627     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108497803321269331     Document Type: Conference Paper

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