Dose distributions in bifurcated coronary vessels treated with catheter-based photon and beta emitters in intravascular brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1628-1636

  Yue, Ning ^a   Roberts, Kenneth B ^a   Pfau, Steven E ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

192Ir; 90Sr Y; Bifurcation; Dosimetry; Intravascular brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CORONARY VESSEL; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; ^192IR; ^90SR/Y;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RESTENOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0038372095     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1582813     Document Type: Article

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