| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887153 | Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
During the last years angiographic Selective Internal Radiotherapy (SIRT) with 90Y-labelled microspheres has become a common technique for the local-ablative treatment of cancer patients. SIRT is a palliative therapy concept for the treatment of liver malignancies. As a result of 90Y-decay as β--emitter without a concomitant gamma radiation, Bremsstrahlung imaging is needed to validate the distribution achieved by radioembolisation. This article demonstrates the method of imaging through phantom measurement and shows the advantages of post-therapeutic tomography by means of a patient study. Approaches for further optimization of Bremsstrahlung imaging are discussed.
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Authors
Oliver S. GroÃer, Madeleine Nultsch, Kathleen Laatz, Gerd Ulrich, Ricarda Seidensticker, Annette Pethe, Oliver Dudeck, Maciej Pech, Bernd O. Knoop, Jens Ricke, Holger Amthauer, Lilli Geworski,