Accurate and efficient detection of pulmonary seed embolization in prostate iodine-125 permanent brachytherapy with a collimated gamma scintillation survey meter

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 785-790

  Chen, Qin Sheng ^a   Blair, Henry F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; IODINE; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SURVEYS; UROLOGY;

COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; EFFICIENT DETECTION; FALSE POSITIVE DETECTION; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

IODINE 125; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHANTOM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037573263     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1567737     Document Type: Article

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