Dosimetry study of Re-188 liquid balloon for intravascular brachytherapy using polymer gel dosimeters and laser-beam optical CT scanner

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Wuu, Cheng Shie ^a   Schiff, Peter ^a   Maryanski, Marek J ^a,b   Liu, Tian ^a   Borzillary, Scott ^c   Weinberger, Judah ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

188Re; Beta; Gel dosimeter; Intravascular brachytherapy; Restenosis; Stent

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; IONIZING RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER RECORDING; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; STENTS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

BETA; GEL DOSIMETER; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; RESTENOSIS; STENT; ^188RE;

BALLOONS;

ACRYLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; HELIUM; METAL; MONOMER; NEON; POLYMER; RHENIUM 188;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BETA RADIATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CORONARY STENT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LASER; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037320142     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1533749     Document Type: Article

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