Quality Assurance Issues for Therapeutic Application of Radioactive Microspheres

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Dezarn, William A ^a  

^a Wake Radiology Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

90Y; Microsphere; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAMPLING;

MEDICAL TEAM MEMBERS; PATIENT DOSE CALCULATIONS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROSPHERES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 41749103350     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.094     Document Type: Article

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