Analysis of dose to patient, spouse/caretaker, and staff, from an implanted trackable radioactive fiducial for use in the radiation treatment of prostate cancer

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1220-1224

  Neustadter, David ^a   Barnea, Gideon ^b   Stokar, Saul ^a   Corn, Ben ^c  

^a Navotek Medical Ltd   (Israel)

^b Scientific Consultancy   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fiducial; Implant; Radiation; Tracking

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEAT RADIATION; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; TARGET TRACKING; TISSUE; UROLOGY;

EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; EXPOSURE; FIDUCIAL; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION TREATMENTS; REAL-TIME TARGET TRACKING; TRACKING TECHNOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 77749240381     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3317436     Document Type: Article

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