Monte Carlo single-cell dosimetry of Auger-electron emitting radionuclides

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2555-2572

  Bousis, C ^a   Emfietzoglou, D ^a   Hadjidoukas, P ^a   Nikjoo, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELLS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACES; DOSE-VOLUME; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID MONTE CARLO; INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION; MONTE CARLO; RADIAL DOSE RATE; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SINGLE-CELL LEVEL; TRANSPORT SCHEMES;

AUGERS; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; DOSIMETERS; GALLIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTRON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 77951153224     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/9/009     Document Type: Article

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