Smart Radiation Therapy Biomaterials

Radiation therapy (RT) is a crucial component of cancer care, used in the treatment of over 50% of cancer patients. Patients undergoing image guided RT or brachytherapy routinely have inert RT biomaterials implanted into their tumors. The single function of these RT biomaterials is to ensure geometr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ngwa, Wilfred, Boateng, Francis, Kumar, Rajiv, Formenti, Silvia, Ngoma, Twalib, Herskind, Carsten, Veldwijk, Marlon R., Hildenbrand, Georg Lars, Wenz, Frederik, Hesser, Juergen, Irvine, Darrell J, Hausmann, Michael Karlheinz
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117771