Self-expandable stent loaded with 125I seeds: Feasibility and safety in a rabbit model

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-361

  Guo, Jin He ^a   Teng, Gao Jun ^a   Zhu, Guang Yu ^a   He, Shi Cheng ^a   Deng, Gang ^a   He, Jie ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

125I seed; Esophagus; Intraluminal brachytherapy; Irradiation; Stent

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIOLOGY;

125I SEED; ESOPHAGUS; INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY; STENT;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

IODINE 125; NITINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRACHYTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, ANIMAL; RABBITS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STENTS;

EID: 33846260240     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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