Caro Franck1, Charlot Vandevoorde2, Ingeborg Goethals3, Peter Smeets4, Eric Achten4, Koenraad Verstraete4, Hubert Thierens2, Klaus Bacher2. 1. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. caro.franck@ugent.be. 2. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. 3. Nuclear Medicine Department, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. 4. Radiology Department, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To develop a clinically applicable method to estimate patient-specific organ and blood doses and lifetime attributable risks (LAR) from paediatric torso CT examinations. METHODS: Individualized voxel models were created from full-body CT data of 10 paediatric patients (2-18 years). Patient-specific dose distributions of chest and abdominopelvic CT scans were simulated using Monte Carlo methods. Blood dose was calculated as a weighted sum of simulated organ doses. LAR of cancer incidence and mortality were estimated, according to BEIR-VII. A second simulation and blood dose calculation was performed using only the thoracic and abdominopelvic region of the original voxel models. For each simulation, the size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) was calculated. RESULTS: SSDE showed a significant strong linear correlation with organ dose (r > 0.8) and blood dose (r > 0.9) and LAR (r > 0.9). No significant differences were found between blood dose calculations with the full-body voxel models and the thoracic or abdominopelvic models. CONCLUSION: Even though clinical CT images mostly do not cover the whole body of the patient, they can be used as a voxel model for blood dose calculation. In addition, SSDE can estimate patient-specific organ and blood doses and LAR in paediatric torso CT examinations. KEY POINTS: • Blood dose can be simulated using the patient's clinical CT images. • SSDE estimates patient-specific organ/blood dose and LAR in paediatric CAP CT-examinations. • SSDE makes on-the-spot dose and LAR estimations possible in routine clinical practice.
OBJECTIVES: To develop a clinically applicable method to estimate patient-specific organ and blood doses and lifetime attributable risks (LAR) from paediatric torso CT examinations. METHODS: Individualized voxel models were created from full-body CT data of 10 paediatric patients (2-18 years). Patient-specific dose distributions of chest and abdominopelvic CT scans were simulated using Monte Carlo methods. Blood dose was calculated as a weighted sum of simulated organ doses. LAR of cancer incidence and mortality were estimated, according to BEIR-VII. A second simulation and blood dose calculation was performed using only the thoracic and abdominopelvic region of the original voxel models. For each simulation, the size-specific dose estimate (SSDE) was calculated. RESULTS: SSDE showed a significant strong linear correlation with organ dose (r > 0.8) and blood dose (r > 0.9) and LAR (r > 0.9). No significant differences were found between blood dose calculations with the full-body voxel models and the thoracic or abdominopelvic models. CONCLUSION: Even though clinical CT images mostly do not cover the whole body of the patient, they can be used as a voxel model for blood dose calculation. In addition, SSDE can estimate patient-specific organ and blood doses and LAR in paediatric torso CT examinations. KEY POINTS: • Blood dose can be simulated using the patient's clinical CT images. • SSDE estimates patient-specific organ/blood dose and LAR in paediatric CAP CT-examinations. • SSDE makes on-the-spot dose and LAR estimations possible in routine clinical practice.
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Monte Carlo method; Paediatrics; Patient-specific computational modelling; Radiation dosimetry; X-Ray computed tomography
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