Katarina Sjögreen Gleisner
Professor
EANM practical guidance on uncertainty analysis for molecular radiotherapy absorbed dose calculations
Författare
Summary, in English
A framework is proposed for modelling the uncertainty in the measurement processes constituting the dosimetry chain that are involved in internal absorbed dose calculations. The starting point is the basic model for absorbed dose in a site of interest as the product of the cumulated activity and a dose factor. In turn, the cumulated activity is given by the area under a time–activity curve derived from a time sequence of activity values. Each activity value is obtained in terms of a count rate, a calibration factor and a recovery coefficient (a correction for partial volume effects). The method to determine the recovery coefficient and the dose factor, both of which are dependent on the size of the volume of interest (VOI), are described. Consideration is given to propagating estimates of the quantities concerned and their associated uncertainties through the dosimetry chain to obtain an estimate of mean absorbed dose in the VOI and its associated uncertainty. This approach is demonstrated in a clinical example.
Avdelning/ar
- Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund
Publiceringsår
2018-12
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
2456-2474
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Volym
45
Issue
13
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- Other Physics Topics
Nyckelord
- Dosimetry
- Uncertainty analysis
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1619-7070