Intravascular radiotherapy employing a safe liquid suspended short-lived source

摘要

This invention relates to tissue treatment by intravascular radiation wherein the radiation source is a safe, liquid suspended, short-lived radioisotope. In the procedure of this invention the radioactive material is a suspension of the short-lived isotopes Cu-62 (half-life 9.74 minutes) or Ta-178 (half-live 9.3 minutes).