Internal radiation therapy of liver tumors: Qualitative and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging of the biodistribution of holmium-loaded microspheres in animal models

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-84

  Seppenwoolde, Jan Henry ^a   Nijsen, Johannes F W ^b   Bartels, Lambertus W ^a   Zielhuis, Sander W ^b   Van Het Schip, Alfred D ^b   Bakker, Chris J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodistribution; Holmium; Internal radiation therapy; Liver tumors; Paramagnetic microspheres; Quantification

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; HOLMIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMALS; MICROSPHERES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BIODISTRIBUTIONS; CALIBRATION CURVES; HEPATIC ARTERY; INTERNAL RADIATION; LIVER TUMORS; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

LIVER;

HOLMIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SWINE;

EID: 12144252524     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20320     Document Type: Article

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