Fine-resolution voxel S values for constructing absorbed dose distributions at variable voxel size

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1600-1607

  Dieudonné, Arnaud ^a,b,c   Hobbs, Robert F ^d   Bolch, Wesley E ^c   Sgouros, George ^d   Gardin, Isabelle ^b,e  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTRE HENRI BECQUEREL   (France)

Author keywords

3D dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation; Voxel S values

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN; INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; LUTETIUM 177; RHENIUM 186; TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 79851492309     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.110.077149     Document Type: Article

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