Comparison of 125I stereotactic brachytherapy and LINAC radiosurgery modalities based on physical dose distribution and radiobiological efficacy

Radiation Research

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 695-702

  Viola, Arpad ^a,b   Major, Tibor ^c   Julow, Jeno ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINE 125; IOPROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744824399     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3529.1     Document Type: Article

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