A new approach to the estimation of radiopharmaceutical radiation dose distributions

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dc.contributor.authorHetherington, ELRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWood, NRen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-22T04:24:40Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T04:36:32Zen_AU
dc.date.available2007-11-22T04:24:40Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T04:36:32Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1975-03en_AU
dc.description.abstractFor a photon energy of 150 keV, the Monte Carlo technique of photon history simulation was used to obtain estimates of the dose distribution in a human phantom for three activity distributions relevant to diagnostic nuclear medicine. In this preliminary work, the number of photon histories considered was insufficient to produce complete dose contours and the dose distributions are presented in the form of colour-coded diagrams. The distributions obtained illustrate an important deficiency in the MIRD Schema for dose estimation. Although the Schema uses the same mathematical technique for calculating photon doses, the results are obtained as average values for the whole body and for complete organs. It is shown that the actual dose distributions, particularly those for the whole body, may differ significantly from the average value calculated using the MIRD Schema and published absorbed fractions.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationHetheringtom, E. L. R., & Wood, N. R. (1975). A new approach to the estimation of radiopharmaceutical radiation dose distributions. (AAEC/E350). Lucas Heights, NSW: Australian Atomic Energy Commission.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc566en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642996806en_AU
dc.identifier.otherAAEC-E-350en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationLucas Heights, New South Walesen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/556en_AU
dc.language.isoen_auen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Atomic Energy Commissionen_AU
dc.subjectRadiopharmaceuticalsen_AU
dc.subjectMonte Carlo Methoden_AU
dc.subjectRadiation dose distributionsen_AU
dc.subjectDosimetryen_AU
dc.subjectMathematical modelsen_AU
dc.titleA new approach to the estimation of radiopharmaceutical radiation dose distributionsen_AU
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