An Optimized Methodology for Patient-Specific Therapeutic Activity Administration in Liver Radioembolization

An Optimized Methodology for Patient-Specific Therapeutic Activity Administration in Liver Radioembolization

Radioembolization (RE) with glass microspheres (MS) loaded with Yttrium-90 (<sup>90</sup>Y) has been used to treat tumors in the liver with some reported success. However, assessing absorbed doses (AD) in the planning tumor volume (PTV) and normal liver volume (NLV) is a key problem to a...

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Main Authors: Paulo Ferreira, Francisco P. M. Oliveira, Rui Parafita, Paulo L. Correia, Pedro S. Girão, Durval C. Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
radioembolization
glass microspheres
Yttrium-90
Technetium-99m
macroaggregated albumin
voxelized absorbed dose distribution
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/22/11669

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