Re: Dose from Radioactive Stents

[Mike Grissom <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

William, et al.,

A good source for information on radioactive stints
and the research leading up to their use is:

	Howard Amols
	Radiation Oncology Department
	Columbia University, NY, NY, USA
	amols@curaoc.ccc.columbia.edu

where he is the Chief Physicist and a Professor
for the university. He gave an excellent presentation
on this subject a few years ago in the SF Bay Area.

S.,

MikeG.

At 08:38 AM 11/12/98 -0600, you wrote:
>How is the amount of radioactivity decided for this application?  What is
the 
>mass of tissue is irradiated?
>
>How are the doses to the areas of interest calculated and what are the
resulting 
>values.  What is the critical area of tissue considered for the dose 
>determination and how is that determined? Is it 1 cubic centimeter?
>
>William A. Lorenzen
>Children's Hospital
>Boston, MA
>
>lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
>
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