Open AccessDetermination and comparison of radiation absorbed dose to the blood, by applying different techniques, for patients, suffering from differentiated thyroid cancer
Author(s) -
Issa A. AlShakhrah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_118_19
Subject(s) - absorbed dose , medicine , thyroid cancer , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , thyroid , bone marrow , radiation dose , dosimetry , radiology
Radiation absorbed dose to the red bone marrow, in the therapy of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with 131I (radioiodine), cannot be measured directly. The absorbed dose to the blood seems to be a good first- order approximation of the radiation absorbed dose to the hematopoietic system and a better means to quantify exposure from therapy than the total amount of activity administered.