Glass microspheres for medical applications

"Radioactive dysprosium lithium borate glass microspheres have been developed as biodegradable radiation delivery vehicles for the radiation synovectomy treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Once injected into a diseased joint, the microspheres deliver a potent dose of radiation to the diseased tissue, while a non-uniform chemical reaction converts the glass into an amorphous, porous, hydrated dysprosium phosphate reaction product"--Abstract, page iv.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Ceramic Engineering

Grantor

University of Missouri--Rolla

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Conzone, Samuel D.

• Ceramic Materials

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/1297

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-2299