On the actual state of industrial quality assurance procedures with regard to 106Ru ophthalmic plaques

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 358-364

  Kaulich, Theodor W ^a   Zurheide, Jens ^a   Haug, Thomas ^b   Budach, Wilfried ^a   Nüsslin, Fridtjof ^a   Bamberg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

106Ru; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Intraocular tumors; Leakage test; Ophthalmic plaques; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

RUTHENIUM 106;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; EYE TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR TUMOR; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

CALIBRATION; CHOROID NEOPLASMS; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUTHENIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 2642511622     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-004-1183-8     Document Type: Article

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