Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment

Dewji, Shaheen Azim; Bellamy, Michael B.; Hertel, Nolan E.; Leggett, Richard Wayne; Sherbini, Sami; Saba, Mohammad S.; Eckerman, Keith F.

doi:10.1097/HP.0000000000000327

Title: Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) initiated a contract with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to calculate radiation dose rates to members of the public that may result from exposure to patients recently administered iodine-131 (¹³¹I) as part of medical therapy. The main purpose was to compare dose rate estimates based on a point source and target with values derived from more realistic simulations that considered the time-dependent distribution of ¹³¹I in the patient and attenuation of emitted photons by the patient’s tissues. The external dose rate estimates were derived using Monte Carlo methods and two representations of the Phantom with Movable Arms and Legs, previously developed by ORNL and the USNRC, to model the patient and a nearby member of the public. Dose rates to tissues and effective dose rates were calculated for distances ranging from 10 to 300 cm between the phantoms and compared to estimates based on the point-source method, as well as to results of previous studies that estimated exposure from ¹³¹I patients. The point-source method overestimates dose rates to members of the public in very close proximity to an ¹³¹I patient but is a broadly accurate method of dose rate estimation at separation distances ofmore »« less

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Dewji, Shaheen Azim ^[1]; Bellamy, Michael B. ^[1]; Hertel, Nolan E. ^[1]; Leggett, Richard Wayne ^[1]; Sherbini, Sami ^[1]; Saba, Mohammad S. ^[1]; Eckerman, Keith F. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1213312

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Health Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0017-9078

Publisher:: Health Physics Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY

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                    Dewji, Shaheen Azim, Bellamy, Michael B., Hertel, Nolan E., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Sherbini, Sami, Saba, Mohammad S., and Eckerman, Keith F. Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Dewji, Shaheen Azim, Bellamy, Michael B., Hertel, Nolan E., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Sherbini, Sami, Saba, Mohammad S., & Eckerman, Keith F. Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000327

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                    Dewji, Shaheen Azim, Bellamy, Michael B., Hertel, Nolan E., Leggett, Richard Wayne, Sherbini, Sami, Saba, Mohammad S., and Eckerman, Keith F. Tue .  
"Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0000000000000327.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1213312.

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@article{osti_1213312,

  title        = {Assessment of the point-source method for estimating dose rates to members of the public from exposure to patients with 131I thyroid treatment},

  author       = {Dewji, Shaheen Azim and Bellamy, Michael B. and Hertel, Nolan E. and Leggett, Richard Wayne and Sherbini, Sami and Saba, Mohammad S. and Eckerman, Keith F.},

  abstractNote = {The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) initiated a contract with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to calculate radiation dose rates to members of the public that may result from exposure to patients recently administered iodine-131 (131I) as part of medical therapy. The main purpose was to compare dose rate estimates based on a point source and target with values derived from more realistic simulations that considered the time-dependent distribution of 131I in the patient and attenuation of emitted photons by the patient’s tissues. The external dose rate estimates were derived using Monte Carlo methods and two representations of the Phantom with Movable Arms and Legs, previously developed by ORNL and the USNRC, to model the patient and a nearby member of the public. Dose rates to tissues and effective dose rates were calculated for distances ranging from 10 to 300 cm between the phantoms and compared to estimates based on the point-source method, as well as to results of previous studies that estimated exposure from 131I patients. The point-source method overestimates dose rates to members of the public in very close proximity to an 131I patient but is a broadly accurate method of dose rate estimation at separation distances of 300 cm or more at times closer to administration.},

  doi          = {10.1097/HP.0000000000000327},

  journal      = {Health Physics},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 109,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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