Dose reduction study in vaginal balloon packing filled with contrast for HDR brachytherapy treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1263-1267

  Saini, Amarjit S ^a   Zhang, Geoffrey G ^a,b   Finkelstein, Steven E ^a   Biagioli, Matthew C ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; HDR; Monte Carlo; Uterine cervix cancer; Vaginal balloon packing

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST; HDR; MONTE CARLO; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL BALLOON PACKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GADOLINIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; IRIDIUM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BALLOONS;

ECHOVIST; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IOVERSOL; IRIDIUM 192; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CARE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; VAGINA BALLOON PACKING;

AIR; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DILATATION; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IODINE; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS AT RISK; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA; WATER;

EID: 79959362604     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.033     Document Type: Article

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