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Purpose:Patient-specific 3-dimensional (3D) internal dosimetry in targeted radionuclide therapy is essential for efficient treatment. Two major steps to achieve reliable results are: 1) generating quantitative 3D images of radionuclide distribution and attenuation coefficients and 2) using a reliable method for dose calculation based on activity and attenuation map. In this research, internal dosimetry for 153-Samarium (153-Sm) was done by SPECT-CT images coupled GATE Monte Carlo package for internal dosimetry.Methods:A 50 years old woman with bone metastases from breast cancer was prescribed 153-Sm treatment (Gamma: 103keV and beta: 0.81MeV). A SPECT/CT scan was performed with the Siemens Simbia_T scanner. SPECT and CT images were registered using default registration software. SPECT quantification was achieved by compensating for all image degrading factors including body attenuation, Compton scattering and collimator-detector response (CDR). Triple energy window method was used to estimate and eliminate the scattered photons. Iterative ordered-subsets expectation maximization (OSEM) with correction for attenuation and distance-dependent CDR was used for image reconstruction. Bilinear energy mapping is used to convert Hounsfield units in CT image to attenuation map. Organ borders were defined by the itk-SNAP toolkit segmentation on CT image. GATE was then used for internal dose calculation. The Specific Absorbed Fractions (SAFs) and S-values were reported as MIRD schema.Results:The results showed that the largest SAFs and S-values are in osseous organs as expected. S-value for lung is the highest after spine that can be important in 153-Sm therapy.Conclusion:We presented the utility of SPECT-CT images and Monte Carlo for patient-specific dosimetry as a reliable and accurate method. It has several advantages over template-based methods or simplified dose estimation methods. With advent of high speed computers, Monte Carlo can be used for treatment planning on a day to day basis.
Author(s): Fallahpoor M, Abbasi M, Sen A, Parach AA, Kalantari F
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Fifty-seventh annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine 2015
Year of Conference: 2015
Pages: 3203-3203
Print publication date: 01/06/2015
Online publication date: 29/06/2015
Acceptance date: 15/05/2015
ISSN: 0094-2405
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4923844
DOI: 10.1118/1.4923844
Notes: SU-C-201-06
Series Title: Medical Physics
