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Method and system for administering internal radionuclide therapy (IRT) and external radiation therapy (XRT)

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OSTI ID:1532091
A computerized method and system for determining an optimum amount of Internal Radionuclide Therapy (IRT) and External Radiation Therapy (XRT) to administer, comprising: obtaining activity image information for an imaged object from a detector; running a Monte Carlo simulation for the activity image information to obtain absorbed dose-rate image information at multiple times; adding the absorbed dose-rate image information from each time to obtain IRT total absorbed dose image information; and utilizing the IRT total dose image information to obtain total dose image information that is equivalent to XRT dose image information in terms of dose-rate, wherein the IRT dose information is converted to equivalent XRT dose information without having to generate BED dose maps.
Research Organization:
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-05ER63967
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Patent Number(s):
8,693,629
Application Number:
12/687,670
OSTI ID:
1532091
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English