A high-precision, high-resolution and fast dosimetry system for beta sources applied in cardiovascular brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 662-667

  Bambynek, M ^a   Fluhs D ^a   Quast, U ^a   Wegener, D ^b   Soares, C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose calibration; Intravascular brachytherapy; Plastic scintillator dosimeter; Vascular restenosis; dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

ABSORBED DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; RESTENOSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

PHOSPHORUS 32; WATER; YTTRIUM 90;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTENOSIS; SCINTILLATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0343776958     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598927     Document Type: Article

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