Radiation Safety Considerations in GliaSite 125I Brain Implant Procedures

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Strzelczyk, Jodi ^a   Safadi, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

125I; Cancer; Operational topic; Safety standards

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE 125; IOTREX; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 1942438031     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200405002-00017     Document Type: Review

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