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New national air-kerma-strength standards for I-125 and Pd-103 brachytherapy seeds by Seltzer, S.M., Lamperti, P.J., Loevinger, R., Mitch, M.G., Weaver, J.T., Coursey, B.M.

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Editorial note by Coursey, B.M

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Wilfrid Basil Mann by Coursey, B.M., McLaughlin, W.L.

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Dosimetric prerequisites for routine clinical use of new low energy photon interstitial brachytherapy sources by Williamson, Chair, Jeffrey, Coursey, Bert M., DeWerd, Larry A., Hanson, William F., Nath, Ravinder

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Preface by Coursey, B.M, Karam, Lisa R, Janszen, Herbert, Woods, Michael J

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Erratum: New national air-kerma-strength standards for I-125 and Pd-103 brachytherapy seeds (vol 108, No. 5, pg 337, 2003) by Seltzer, S.M., Lamperti, P.J., Loevinger, R., Mitch, M.G., Weaver, J.T., Coursey, B.M.

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Standards of radium-226: from Marie Curie to the International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology by Coursey, B.M., Collé, R., Coursey, J.S.

“…In the early part of the 20th century, the pioneers of radioactivity research, led by Marie Curie, Ernest Rutherford and Stefan Meyer, formed a Commission…”
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Needs for radioactivity standards and measurements in the life sciences by Coursey, B.M

“…For almost 100 years, radioactivity has been one of the major tools in medicine. Therapeutic applications that began with 226Ra and 222Rn implants have rapidly…”
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National radioactivity standards for beta-emitting radionuclides used in intravascular brachytherapy by Coursey, B M, Collé, R, Zimmerman, B E, Cessna, J T, Golas, D B

“…The uses of beta-particle emitting radionuclides in therapeutic medicine are rapidly expanding. To ensure the accurate assays of these nuclides prior to…”
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Determination of a calibration factor for the nondestructive assay of Guidant 32P brachytherapy sources by Collé, R, Zimmerman, B.E, Soares, C.G, Coursey, B.M

“…A calibration factor (`dial setting') for the nondestructive assay of Guidant TiNi-encapsulated 32P intravascular brachytherapy wire sources has been…”
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Radioassays of yttrium-90 used in nuclear medicine by Coursey, B M, Calhoun, J M, Cessna, J T

“…Yttrium-90 radioassays are required in nuclear medicine at the gigabecquerel activity level (GBq) for measuring injected activity, and at the becquerel level…”
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Investigation of applicability of alanine and radiochromic detectors to dosimetry of proton clinical beams by Nichiporov, D., Kostjuchenko, V., Puhl, J.M., Bensen, D.L., Desrosiers, M.F., Dick, C.E., Mclaughlin, W.L., Kojima, T., Coursey, B.M., Zink, S.

“…Cancer therapy studies using proton accelarators are underway in several major medical centers in the U.S., Russia, Japan and elsewhere. To facilitate…”
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Measurement standards for strontium-89 for use in bone palliation by Coursey, B.M., Schima, F.J., Golas, D.B., Palabrica, O.T., Suzuki, A., Dell, M.A.

“…Strontium-89 standards have been prepared for use in calibrating instruments in the measurement chain from production in reactors to administration in the…”
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Preparation and Calibration of Carrier-Free Po-209 Solution Standards by Colle, R., Lin, Z.C., Schima, F.J., Hodge, P.A., Thomas, J.W.L., Hutchinson, J.M.R., Coursey, B.M.

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Experimental validation of radiopharmaceutical absorbed dose to mineralized bone tissue by Desrosiers, M F, Avila, M J, Schauer, D A, Coursey, B M, Parks, N J

“…Therapeutic and palliative uses of bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals are undergoing clinical trials for human subjects. Radiation dosimetry for these…”
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The standardization of samarium-153 by Coursey, B M, Hoppes, D D, Schima, F J, Unterweger, M P

“…Samarium-153 has been standardized by 4 pi beta liquid-scintillation counting, with an uncertainty of 0.4%. The probability per decay for the 103.2-keV gamma…”
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