title: The use of swine in brain interstitial radiation studies.
abstract: Swine offer an excellent, but previously unused, model for brain interstitial ionizing and non-ionizing radiation research. Significant advantages include size, cost, maneuverability, availability and conditioning. The methodology and some experimental results from studies of the effects of interstitial microwave hyperthermia and iridium-192 irradiation are presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007495:Iridium; D008872:Microwaves; D008954:Models, Biological; D011868:Radioisotopes; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D007495:Iridium