Some applications of nuclear physics in medicine

Radiological Use of Fast Protons

1946 • 1,301 citations

RADIOACTIVE IRON ABSORPTION BY GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT

1943 • 345 citations

Radioactive iodine therapy

2012 • 295 citations

Effective Atomic Number and Energy Absorption in Tissues

1946 • 243 citations

RADIOACTIVE IODINE IN THE STUDY OF THYROID PHYSIOLOGY

1946 • 229 citations

Radioactive Iodine as an Indicator in the Study of Thyroid Physiology.

1938 • 188 citations

RADIOACTIVE IRON AND ITS METABOLISM IN ANEMIA

1939 • 148 citations

Production of Particle Energies beyond 200 Mev

1946 • 142 citations

STUDIES IN MINERAL METABOLISM WITH THE AID OF ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES

1943 • 140 citations

THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM WITH RADIOACTIVE IODINE

1946 • 137 citations

A Geiger-Muller Counter for Measuring the Beta-ray Activity of Liquids, and its Application to Medical Tracer Experiments

1948 • 132 citations

Storage of Radioactive Iodine in a Metastasis from Thyroid Carcinoma

1942 • 119 citations

The ionization method of measuring neutron energy

1944 • 113 citations

STUDIES IN IODINE METABOLISM OF THE THYROID GLAND IN SITU BY THE USE OF RADIO-IODINE IN NORMAL SUBJECTS AND IN PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF GOITER

1940 • 112 citations

SODIUM ION MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE INTESTINAL LUMEN AND THE BLOOD

1944 • 109 citations

The Use of Radioactive Tracers in Biology and Medicine

1942 • 104 citations

The Treatment of Cancer with Fast Neutrons

1942 • 93 citations

Energy-Angle Distribution of Betatron Target Radiation

1946 • 92 citations

RADIOACTIVE IODINE AS AN INDICATOR IN THYROID PHYSIOLOGY

1940 • 89 citations

Energy Absorption

1940 • 88 citations

Radioactive phosphorus as a therapuetic agent; a review of the literature and analysis of the results of treatment of 155 patients with various blood dyscrasias, lymphomas, and other malignant neoplastic diseases.

1946 • 86 citations

ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE THYROID WITH HYPERTHYROIDISM AND FUNCTIONAL METASTASES

1946 • 79 citations

The Endocrine Function of Iodine.

1941 • 75 citations

A Preliminary Report on the Use of Fast Neutrons in the Treatment of Malignant Disease

1940 • 74 citations

A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING BETA-RADIATION TO THE RETICULO-ENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM AND ADJACENT TISSUES 1

1944 • 73 citations

Studies with Colloids Containing Radioisotopes of Yttrium, Zirconium, Columbium and Lanthaum: 2. The Controlled Selective Localization of Radioisotopes of Yttrium, Zirconium, Columbium in the Bone Marrow, Liver and Spleen

1948 • 65 citations

The Transmutation of Fluorine by Protons

1941 • 60 citations

STUDIES IN MINERAL METABOLISM WITH THE AID OF ARTIFICIAL RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES

1939 • 60 citations

INVESTIGATION OF THYROID FUNCTION AND DISEASE WITH RADIOACTIVE IODINE

1950 • 59 citations

STUDIES ON NEOPLASMS WITH THE AID OF RADIOACTIVE PHOSPHORUS. I. THE TOTAL PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM OF NORMAL AND LEUKEMIC MICE 1

1940 • 58 citations

Radiation Dosimetry. Part II

1937 • 58 citations

Energy Absorption. IV—The Mathematical Theory of Integral Dose in Radium Therapy

1945 • 54 citations

Measurement of Radioactive Phosphorus in Breast Tumors in Situ; a Possible Diagnostic Procedure

1946 • 53 citations

A 100-Million Volt Induction Electron Accelerator

1945 • 53 citations

THE CONTROL OF POLYCYTHEMIA BY MARROW INHIBITION

1949 • 51 citations

An Attempt at Precision Measurements of Gamma Rays

1937 • 50 citations

THE POST-TRANSFUSION SURVIVAL OF PRESERVED HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES STORED AS, WHOLE BLOOD OR IN RESUSPENSION, AFTER REMOVAL OF PLASMA, BY MEANS OF TWO ISOTOPES OF RADIOACTIVE IRON 1

1947 • 50 citations

THE CIRCULATING RED CELL AND PLASMA VOLUME AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD IN LARGE AND MINUTE VESSELS IN EXPERIMENTAL SHOCK IN DOGS, MEASURED BY RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES OF IRON AND IODINE 1

1947 • 43 citations

TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE SODIUM ACROSS THE PLACENTA OF THE GUINEA PIG

1941 • 42 citations

The Use of Radioactive Sodium as a Tracer in the Study of Peripheral Vascular Disease

1945 • 42 citations

Radiation Dosimetry: Part I

1937 • 42 citations

THE MEASUREMENT OF POST-TRANSFUSION SURVIVAL OF PRESERVED STORED HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES BY MEANS OF TWO ISOTOPES OF RADIO-ACTIVE IRON 1

1947 • 42 citations

Travelling-Wave Linear Accelerator for Electrons

1947 • 40 citations

THE TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE SODIUM ACROSS THE PLACENTA OF THE GOAT

1941 • 40 citations

Energy Absorption. II. Part I—Integral Dose when the Whole Body is Irradiated

1944 • 40 citations

Average Energy of Beta-Rays Emitted by Radioactive Isotopes

1947 • 37 citations

RADIOACTIVE IRON AND ITS METABOLISM IN ANEMIA

1938 • 37 citations

External Therapeutic Use of Radioactive Phosphorus

1946 • 36 citations

A Travelling-Wave Linear Accelerator for 4-MeV. Electrons

1948 • 36 citations

The transfer of radioactive sodium across the placenta of the white rat

1941 • 35 citations

RADIOACTIVE PHOSPHORUS AS AN INDICATOR OF PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM

1939 • 35 citations

The Distribution of Radiation around Simple Radioactive Sources

1932 • 33 citations

Comparative Metabolism of Phosphorus in Normal and Lymphomatous Animals.

1939 • 31 citations

THE TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE SODIUM ACROSS THE PLACENTA OF THE RABBIT

1941 • 30 citations

Phosphorus Metabolism of the Soft Tissues of the Normal Mouse as Indicated by Radioactive Phosphorus

1940 • 29 citations

Effects of Total Surface Beta Irradiation

1947 • 28 citations

Energy Absorption. III—The Mathematical Theory of Integral Dose and its Applications in Practice

1944 • 28 citations

Radiosodium Tracer Studies in Congestive Heart Failure.

1946 • 28 citations

Simultaneous Appearance of a Positive Line Test and Radioactive Phosphate Deposition in the Rachitic Rat Metaphysis

1939 • 27 citations

The Intravenous and Intraduodenal Administration of Radio-Sodium

1937 • 27 citations

Measurement of Neutron Dose in Biological Experiments

1939 • 27 citations

Preliminary Communication on the INTRACAVITARY IRRADIATION OF THE BLADDER MUCOSA by Radioactive Isotope Solution

1949 • 24 citations

EFFECT OF STORAGE OF CITRATED BLOOD ON THE SURVIVAL OF TRANSFUSED ERYTHROCYTES

1943 • 23 citations

Superficial “;Burns”; of Skin and Eyes from Scattered Cathode Rays

1946 • 23 citations

THE MEASUREMENT OF PLACENTAL PERMEABILITY WITH RADIOACTIVE SODIUM

1939 • 22 citations

RATE OF FLOW OF VENOUS BLOOD IN THE LEGS MEASURED WITH RADIOACTIVE SODIUM

1948 • 22 citations

Phosphorus Metabolism in Leukemic Blood

1939 • 20 citations

A New Beta-Ray Applicator using Fission Products

1949 • 20 citations

Tracer Studies with Radioactive Sodium in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease

1944 • 19 citations

RADIOIODINE AND IODINE FRACTIONATION STUDIES OF HUMAN GOITROUS THYROIDS

1946 • 19 citations

Radio-Iridium Teletherapy

1950 • 16 citations

Experiments on the Mechanism of the Biological Action of Fast Neutrons

1947 • 14 citations

TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE SODIUM ACROSS THE PLACENTA OF THE CAT

1941 • 14 citations

Comparison of Dosage Distributions Obtainable with 400 kVp X rays and 22 MeV X rays

1950 • 14 citations

Production of Radioactivity in Animal Tissues by High-Energy X-Rays

1949 • 14 citations

THE ABSORPTION OF GAMMA-RAYS FROM Co⁶⁰

1947 • 14 citations

CHEMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN DIETARY CHLORIDE DEFICIENCY IN THE RAT

1945 • 13 citations

The Effect of Insoluble Radiophosphorus (Chromium Phosphate) When Applied Interstitially in the Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Mamma in Mice

1945 • 12 citations

[Leptospira as an agent of infection].

1951 • 11 citations

A Method of Estimating the time at which a counting rate changes, using a Geiger-Müller Counter

1949 • 11 citations

The New International Clinics

1938 • 10 citations

Versuche Mit Radioaktiven Isotopen Bei Leukamiebehandlung

1944 • 10 citations

Provisional Calculation of the Tolerance Flux of Fast Neutrons

1947 • 10 citations

Provisional Calculation of the Tolerance Flux of Thermal Neutrons

1947 • 9 citations

Treatment of Leukemia with Artificial Radio-Active Sodium: A preliminary Report

1944 • 8 citations

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1949 • 8 citations

Some Experiments with a 14-Mev Betasynchrotron

1949 • 8 citations

Calculation of the Energy Deposition by Fast Neutrons in Soft Tissue

1950 • 7 citations

The Microwave Linear Electron Accelerator

1949 • 7 citations

Transfer of Radioactive Sodium Across the Placenta of the Gat.

1940 • 6 citations

Absorption of Metallic Cobalt–60 from a Subcutaneous Site

1949 • 5 citations

Energy Absorption. II. Part II—Integral Dose when the Whole Body is Irradiated

1944 • 2 citations

What May We Expect from Physics?

1942 • 2 citations