Development of activity standard for 90Y microspheres

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 193-199

  Mo, L ^a,b   Avci, B ^c   James, D ^c   Simpson, B ^d   Van Wyngaardt, W M ^d   Cessna, J T ^e   Baldock, C ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Sirtex Medical Limited   (Australia)

^d CSIR National Metrology Laboratory   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

90Y; Activity measurement; Chemical digestion; Ionisation chamber calibration factor; Microspheres; SIR spheres ; Solution

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPHERES;

CHEMICAL DIGESTION; MICROSPHERES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

YTTRIUM;

MICROSPHERE Y 90; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; SIR SPHERES; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; GUIDELINES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 20444406402     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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