Dosimetric evaluation of extremities in 18F-FDG PET/CT procedure using Monte Carlo Geant4 code

Authors

  • Paula Rocha Pessanha Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria - IRD/CNEN
  • Pedro Pacheco de Queiroz Filho Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria - IRD/CNEN
  • Denison de Souza Santos Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria - IRD/CNEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v7i3B.890

Keywords:

Geant4, geometric phantom, 18F-FDG, Tomography of Positrons Emission.

Abstract

For the dosimetric evaluation of extremities and crystalline of workers inserted in Positron Emission Tomography procedures using the 18F-FDG radiopharmaceutical, a geometric phantom of the forearm and hand with the geometric phantom ADAM was implemented in Monte Carlo Geant4 code. Equivalent Dose values were obtained in 45 different points - between dominant, non-dominant and crystalline hands - for radiopharmaceutical administration procedure, with the use of injection syringe shielding. The data obtained through the simulation were analyzed according to dose limits established by the CNEN standard NN-3.01 of 2014.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

IEN. Exames PET com FDG são utilizados em pesquisas médicas no Rio de Janeiro. 2006. Available at: <http://www.ien.gov.br>, Last accessed: 20 Apr. 2011.

ROBILOTTA, C. C. A tomografia por emissão de pósitrons: uma nova modalidade na medicina nuclear brasileira. Rev. Panam. Salud Publica. Vol.20, No. 2-3, pp.134–142, 2006

BOELLAARD, R. Standards forPET Image Acquisition and Quantitative Data Analysis. The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Vol. 50, No. 5 (Suppl), 2009.

BIXLER, A.; SPRINGER, G.; LOVAS, R. Practical Aspects of Radiation Safety for Using Fluorine-18. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. Vol. 27. No. 1. pp 14-16, 1999.

COVENS, P.; BERUS, D.; VANHAVERE, F.; CAVELIERS, V. The Introduction of automated dispensing and injection during PET procedures: A step in the optimization of extremity doses and whole-body doses of nuclear medicine staff. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Vol. 140, No.3, pp. 250–258. 2010.

KRAMER, R.; VIEIRA, J. W.; KHOURY, H. J.; ANDRADE-LIMA, F. MAX meets ADAM: a dosimetric comparison between a voxel-based and a mathematical model for external exposure to photons. Physics in Medicine and Biology, No. 49, pp. 887–910, 2004.

INTERNATIONAL COMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION. Report on the Task Group on Reference Man. ICRP Publication 23, Oxford: Pergamon Press; Ann. ICRP. 1975

KUBO, A. L.S.L.; MAURICIO, C. L. P., 2014. TLD occupational dose distribution study in nuclear medicine. Radiation Measurements. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.04.021

JAN, S.; COLLOT, J.; GALLIN-MARTEL, M.; MARTIN, P.; MAYET, F.; TOURNEFIER, E. “GePEToS: A Geant4 Monte Carlo Simulation Package for Positron Emission Tomography”. IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Science, Vol. 52, No. 1. pp.102–106. 2005.

VILLAS BOAS. [18F]FDG - Bula para o professional de saúde. Villas Boas Radiofármacos Brasil S/A. Available at: <http://www.vbrf.com.br/download/bulafdg.pdf>, Last accessed: 18 Jan 2012.

COMISSÃO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA NUCLEAR, 2014, “CNEN – Diretrizes Básicas de Proteção Radiológica”. Norma CNEN – NN- 3.01, Resolução 164/14 de 13/03/2014, Brasil.

Downloads

Published

2019-10-24

How to Cite

Pessanha, P. R., de Queiroz Filho, P. P., & Santos, D. de S. (2019). Dosimetric evaluation of extremities in 18F-FDG PET/CT procedure using Monte Carlo Geant4 code. Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 7(3B (Suppl.). https://doi.org/10.15392/bjrs.v7i3B.890

Issue

Section

Congresso Brasileiro de Metrologia das Radiações Ionizantes - CBMRI 2018

Most read articles by the same author(s)