GAF film dosimetry of a tandem positioned β-emitting intravascular brachytherapy source train

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1004-1012

  Iftimia, Ileana ^a,b   Devlin, Phillip M ^a,b   Chin, Lee M ^a,b   Baron, J M ^a,b   Cormack, R A ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

90Sr 90Y; Brachytherapy; Coronary artery radiation therapy (CART); Dosimetry measurements

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; RADIAL DISTANCE; ^90SR/^90Y;

RADIOTHERAPY;

HELIUM; NEON; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RADIATION THERAPY; CORONARY STENT; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STENOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0038715627     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1573206     Document Type: Article

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