RE: Gamma Radiation Treatment of Coronary Arteries

[Karin Gordon <KGordon@exchange.hsc.mb.ca>]

 I visited Mike Stabin while I was in Brazil  back in March, and he allowed
me a glimpse at a nifty new computer program he had recently developed which
calculates the local (within mm, cm) radiation dosimetry for various
radionuclides used for intraarterial brachytherapy.  I can't remember  sure
if it calculates dose to other nearby organs and tissues. 

Karin

Karin Gordon
Radiation Safety Officer
Health Sciences Centre
GC-214, 820 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, 
Manitoba
Canada R3A 1R9

phone: (204) 787-2903
fax:      (204) 787-1313
e-mail:  KGordon@hsc.mb.ca


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> From: 	Karam, Andrew[SMTP:Andrew_Karam@URMC.Rochester.edu]
> Sent: 	Thursday, September 23, 1999 3:49 PM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	RE: Gamma Radiation Treatment of Coronary Arteries
> 
> I am familiar with doing this procedure using P-32 or Sr-90, which gives
> similarly high dose to the artery but minimal dose beyond that.  The
> sources
> we use are about 30 mCi of Sr-90 with a dose of about 10-15 Gy to the
> blood
> vessel centerline.
> 
> Andy
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