Dose-rate distribution of 32P-glass microspheres for intra-arterial brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 532-539

  Guimarães, Carla C ^a   Moralles, Maurício ^a   Sene, Frank F ^a   Martinelli, Joś R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; GEANT4; Glass microsphere

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GLASS; LIVER; ONCOLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GEANT4; GLASS MICROSPHERES; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; METASTATIC LIVER CANCERS; PRIMARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; RADIOACTIVE GLASS MICROSPHERES; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERES;

MICROSPHERES;

EID: 75749099766     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3284210     Document Type: Article

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