Evaluating 99mTc Auger electrons for targeted tumor radiotherapy by computational methods

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3551-3559

  Tavares, Adriana Alexandre S ^a   Tavares, João Manuel R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

computational methods; targeted tumor radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; AUGERS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL DEATH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ALPHA PARTICLE IRRADIATION; AUGER TRANSITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; EXCISION REPAIR; HIGH LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS; TUMOR RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTRONS;

ASTATINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ASTATINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRONS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 77954697510     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3451117     Document Type: Article

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