Dosimetry of 32P radiocolloid for treatment of cystic craniopharyngioma

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 519-523

  Sadeghi, Mahdi ^a,c   Moradi, Somayeh ^a   Shahzadi, Sohrab ^b   Pourbeigi, Hossien ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

32P; Craniopharyngioma; Cystic treatment; Dosimetry; MCNP4C

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTIC ASTROCYTOMAS; CYSTIC TREATMENT; MCNP4C;

COLLOIDS;

PHOSPHORUS 32;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG ACTIVITY; INJECTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYSTS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33847744617     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.01.018     Document Type: Article

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