Studies on the production and quality assurance of miniature 125I radioactive sources suitable for treatment of ocular and prostate cancers

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-447

  Saxena, S K ^a   Shanta, A ^b   Rajurkar, Nilima S ^c   Majali, M A ^a  

^a RLG   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

125I; Adsorption; Brachytherapy; Retinoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TUMORS;

125I; BRACHYTHERAPY; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM; SILVER;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; EYE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ADSORPTION; EYE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 32044444844     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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