Radiation Dose Distributions in Normal Tissue Adjacent to Tumors Containing 131I or 90Y: The Potential for Toxicity
Richard B. Sparks, PhD1,
Eric A. Crowe1,
Franklin C. Wong, MD, PhD, JD2,
Richard E. Toohey, PhD3 and
Jeffry A. Siegel, PhD4
1 CDE Dosimetry Services, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
2 Department of Nuclear Medicine, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
3 Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
4 Nuclear Physics Enterprises, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

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FIGURE 1. Cutaway view of spheric tumor-small cylindric target model.
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FIGURE 2. Cutaway view of hemispheric tumor-cylindric disk target model.
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FIGURE 3. Cutaway view of spheric tumor-spheric shell target model.
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