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Design of a cap for radioshielding during treatment with interstitial 125I brain implants
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
A practical radiation shielding cap has been constructed for use during 125I brain implants. The cap is comfortable enough to be worn continuously during a 6-day implant and provides complete shielding from the implanted radioactive sources.