Impact of different approaches to calculation of treatment activities on achieved doses in radioiodine therapy of benign thyroid diseases

Impact of different approaches to calculation of treatment activities on achieved doses in radioiodine therapy of benign thyroid diseases

Abstract Purpose Radioiodine has been used for the treatment of benign thyroid diseases for over 70 years. However, internationally, there is no common standard for pretherapeutic dosimetry to optimally define the individual therapy activity. Here, we analyze how absorbed tissue doses are influenced...

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Main Authors: Jochen Hammes, Lutz van Heek, Melanie Hohberg, Manuel Reifegerst, Simone Stockter, Markus Dietlein, Markus Wild, Alexander Drzezga, Matthias Schmidt, Carsten Kobe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:EJNMMI Physics
Subjects:
Benign thyroid disease
Radioiodine therapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40658-018-0231-x

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