Dosimetry for an Sr90/Y90 source train used for intravascular radiation of a hemodialysis graft

Cardiovascular Radiation Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-94

  Bloch, Peter ^a   Bonan, Raoul ^b   Wallner, Paul ^a   Lobdell, John ^c  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Novoste Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Grafts; Hemodialysis; Implants; Irradiation; Radiographic; Sr90 Y90; Treatment planning; Vascular

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTERIAL VENOUS GRAFT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BETA RADIATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; FLUOROSCOPY; GAS; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOGRAM; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPLANT; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR ACCESS; ALGORITHM; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; EVALUATION; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; VASCULARIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0142186134     PISSN: 15221865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1522-1865(03)00164-1     Document Type: Article

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