Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Physical and Dosimetric Aspects of the Iridium-Knife |
| Authors: |
Yiannis Roussakis, Georgios Anagnostopoulos |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Oncology, Vol 11 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens |
| Subject Terms: |
iridium knife, brachytherapy, dosimetry, high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR), stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282 |
| More Details: |
The three-dimensional iridium-192 (192Ir) high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy manifests itself as a high-precision, hypofractionated, dose-escalating, minimally invasive method in the armamentarium of contemporary radiation oncology clinical applications. In this study, the physical aspects of the 192Ir radionuclide are presented. Its dosimetric application in HDR brachytherapy for different anatomical sites (prostate, gynecological malignancies, liver, and intrathoracic tumors) as well as the corresponding dosimetric comparison with the stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) techniques based on a representative selection of dosimetric publications is reviewed and illustrated. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2234-943X |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2021.728452/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2234-943X |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fonc.2021.728452 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/e01f4a6c239948c597a6189aae4d1c05 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.01f4a6c239948c597a6189aae4d1c05 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
