Quantitative comparison of yttrium-90 (90Y)-microspheres and technetium-99m (99mTc)-macroaggregated albumin SPECT images for planning90Y therapy of liver cancer

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-261

  Knešaurek, Karin ^a   Machac, Josef ^a   Muzinic, Michael ^a   DaCosta, Maria ^a   Zhang, Zhuangyu ^a   Heiba, Sherif ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

90Y; Image correlation; Microspheres; Radiomicrosphere treatment

Indexed keywords

MACROSALB TC 99M; MICROSPHERE; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG SHUNTING; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77953250989     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303461000900304     Document Type: Article

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