Determinants of target absorbed dose in radionuclide therapy [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, 2023 In radionuclide therapy, activity kinetics in tissues determine the absorbed doses administered and thus efficacy and side effects of treatment. The objective of this work was to derive expressions for the parameters affecting the absorbed dose to a ...
Heribert Hänscheid +2 more
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Multiple vertebrae improves precision in image-based bone marrow absorbed dose estimation in [177Lu]Lu–DOTATATE treatment [PDF]
EJNMMI PhysicsBackground The bone marrow is a critical dose limiting organ in patients receiving radionuclide therapy, but image-based bone marrow dosimetry is not routinely performed in clinical practice. High noise levels and the limited number of vertebral cavities
Katja Smits +8 more
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The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2016 Purpose: Study of absorbed dose in the heart, breast, stomach, lungs, thyroid, kidney, and liver during CT scan of the chest at different tube voltages using Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) phantom and MCNP code at values of tube voltage 80 kVp ...
Tawfik Abo Shdeed +3 more
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Evaluation of Dosimetric Parameters for Tumor Therapy with 177Lu and 90Y Radionuclides in Gate Monte Carlo Code [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 2021 Background: 90Y and 177Lu are two well-known radionuclides used in radionuclide therapy to treat neuroendocrine tumors. Objective: This current study aims to evaluate, compare and optimize tumor therapy with 90Y and 177Lu for different volumes of the ...
Milad Peer-Firozjaei +3 more
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Establishment of Diagnostic Reference Levels and Estimation of Effective Dose from Computed Tomography Head Scans at a Tertiary Hospital in South Africa [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2020 Introduction: Head scans are the most frequently performed computed tomography (CT) examinations worldwide. However, there is growing concern over the probability of increased cancer risks among the exposed populations. Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs)
Mpumelelo Nyathi
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EVALUATION OF PATIENT ABSORBED DOSE OF CONVENTIONAL X-RAYS USING DIRECT METHOD IN SOME HOSPITALS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA [PDF]
Acta Scientifica Malaysia, 2022 In this work, entrance skin dose was used to evaluate patient absorption dose of conventional X-rays using a direct method in some hospitals in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
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Review: Dosimetry in Dental Radiology [PDF]
Kirkuk Journal of Science, 2021 The aim of this study was to determine, by a systematic review, the radiation doses of different dental x-ray devices, their particular effects, and the cumulative results of various studies done with various dosimeters.
Abdalrahman Al-Salihi +5 more
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A comparison of in-air and in-water calibration of a dosimetry system used for radiation dose assessment in cancer therapy [PDF]
Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2010 An accurate calibration of the therapy level radiation dosimetry system has a pivotal role in the accuracy of dose delivery to cancer patients. The two methods used for obtaining a tissue equivalent calibration of the system: air kerma calibration and ...
Arshed Waheed +6 more
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Comparison of Numerically Simulated and Measured Dose Rates for Gamma-Irradiation Facility
East European Journal of Physics, 2022 The article provides a description of steps which were made to make comparison between numerically simulated and measured dose rates in Izotop gamma-irradiation facility (Budapest, Hungary) Numerical simulation was carried out with the help of software ...
Volodymyr Morgunov +4 more
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A Feasibility Study to Reduce the Contamination of Photoneutrons and Photons in Organs/Tissues during Radiotherapy [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical Physics, 2020 Introduction: Due to out-of-field effects in radiation therapy, the determination and reduction of both unwanted photon and photoneutron doses are essential for the reasonable assessment of the risks to healthy tissues.
Roya Boodaghi malidarre +3 more
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