Predictive SIRT dosimetry based on a territorial model

Abstract Background In the planning of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) for liver cancer treatment, one major aspect is to determine the prescribed activity and to estimate the resulting absorbed dose inside normal liver and tumor tissue. An optimized partition model for SIRT dosimetry ba...

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Main Authors: Nadine Spahr, Philipp Schilling, Smita Thoduka, Nasreddin Abolmaali, Andrea Schenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:EJNMMI Physics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40658-017-0192-5