| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 66, 2014
INPC 2013 – International Nuclear Physics Conference
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| Article Number | 10002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Nuclear Physics Based Applications | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146610002 | |
| Published online | 20 March 2014 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20146610002
Monte Carlo estimation of radiation dose in organs of female and male adult phantoms due to FDG-F18 absorbed in the lungs
1 Federal Institute of Bahia – IFBA, Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
2 Department of Physics, Federal University of Sergipe – UFS, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil
a e-mail: wbfisica@gmail.com
Published online: 20 March 2014
The determination of dose conversion factors (S values) for the radionuclide fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) absorbed in the lungs during a positron emission tomography (PET) procedure was calculated using the Monte Carlo method (MCNPX version 2.7.0). For the obtained dose conversion factors of interest, it was considered a uniform absorption of radiopharmaceutical by the lung of a healthy adult human. The spectrum of fluorine was introduced in the input data file for the simulation. The simulation took place in two adult phantoms of both sexes, based on polygon mesh surfaces called FASH and MASH with anatomy and posture according to ICRP 89. The S values for the 22 internal organs/tissues, chosen from ICRP No. 110, for the FASH and MASH phantoms were compared with the results obtained from a MIRD V phantoms called ADAM and EVA used by the Committee on Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD). We observed variation of more than 100% in S values due to structural anatomical differences in the internal organs of the MASH and FASH phantoms compared to the mathematical phantom.
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