CELLDOSE: A Monte Carlo code to assess electron dose distribution - S values for 131I in spheres of various sizes

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Champion, Christophe ^a   Zanotti Fregonara, Paolo ^b   Hindié, Elif ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

131I; Cell dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; METASTASIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR CELL;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 37649007270     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045179     Document Type: Article

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