Title :
Choice of Pd-103 seed activity to minimize adverse effects due to seed misplacement associated with prostate implants
Author :
Oral, Elif ; Taschereau, Richard ; Pouliot, Jean
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Radio-Oncologie, Centre Hospitalier Univ. de Quebec, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We have found that depending on the seed activity used for the implant, 103Pd treatment plans have different robustness to seed misplacement. This may be related to the average inter-seed distance, in part determined by the use of a fixed, 5-mm template for planning
Keywords :
biological organs; palladium; radiation therapy; radioactive sources; radioisotopes; (103)Pd treatment plans; 5 mm; Pd; Pd-103 seed activity; adverse effects; average inter-seed distance; fixed 5-mm template; planning; prostate implants; seed activity; seed misplacement; Anatomy; Cancer; Computational modeling; Implants; Isotopes; Needles; Radioactive materials; Robustness; Shape; Simulated annealing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901409
