• DocumentCode
    2854934
  • Title

    Choice of Pd-103 seed activity to minimize adverse effects due to seed misplacement associated with prostate implants

  • Author

    Oral, Elif ; Taschereau, Richard ; Pouliot, Jean

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. de Radio-Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Univ. de Quebec, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    2671
  • Abstract
    We have found that depending on the seed activity used for the implant, 103Pd treatment plans have different robustness to seed misplacement. This may be related to the average inter-seed distance, in part determined by the use of a fixed, 5-mm template for planning
  • Keywords
    biological organs; palladium; radiation therapy; radioactive sources; radioisotopes; (103)Pd treatment plans; 5 mm; Pd; Pd-103 seed activity; adverse effects; average inter-seed distance; fixed 5-mm template; planning; prostate implants; seed activity; seed misplacement; Anatomy; Cancer; Computational modeling; Implants; Isotopes; Needles; Radioactive materials; Robustness; Shape; Simulated annealing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    1094-687X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6465-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901409
  • Filename
    901409
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2854934