Accuracy of two simple methods for estimation of thyroidal I 131 kinetics for dosimetry-based treatment of Graves' disease

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1212-1218

  Traino, A C ^a   Xhafa, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; KINETICS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ABSORBED DOSE; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DOSE ESTIMATES; KINETIC DATA; LINEAR CORRELATION; RADIOIODINE TREATMENT; SIMPLE METHOD; THYROID GLANDS;

DISEASES;

IODINE 131;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IODINE 131 UPTAKE TEST; KINETICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63849099765     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3093237     Document Type: Article

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