Dosimetry for radiocolloid therapy of cystic craniopharyngiomas

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2482-2492

  Rojas, E Leticia ^a   Al Dweri, Feras M O ^a   Lallena, Antonio M ^a   Bodineau, Coral ^b   Galán, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMAS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PHOSPHORUS 32; RHENIUM 186;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0141855387     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1599653     Document Type: Article

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