Remote radioactive seed-loading device for permanent brachytherapy of oral cancer with Au-198 grains

Remote radioactive seed-loading device for permanent brachytherapy of oral cancer with Au-198 grains

Abstract This paper presents a remote radioactive seed-loading device for permanent brachytherapy of oral cancer with Au-198 grains to reduce the exposure dose to the doctors. Permanent brachytherapy is a treatment which involve implanting of radioactive Au-198 grains, and requires neither long-term...

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Main Authors: Mukau Sato, Yukari Saito, Toshio Takayama, Toru Omata, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Yoshimura, Masahiko Miura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-09-01
Series:ROBOMECH Journal
Subjects:
Brachytherapy
Oral cancer
Loading device
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40648-017-0090-6

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