PATIENT-SPECIFIC ORGAN DOSE EVALUATION BASED ON MONTE CARLO SIMULATION AND DOSE METRICS IN PAEDIATRIC CHEST–ABDOMEN–PELVIS CT EXAMINATIONS

Abstract This study aimed to determine organ doses based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for individual paediatric patients undergoing chest–abdomen–pelvis computed tomography (CT) examinations and to evaluate correlations of organ doses with dose metrics. MC simulations were performed by inputting...

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Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 2021-11, Vol.197 (1), p.46-53
Main Authors: Fujii, Keisuke, Nomura, Keiichi, Muramatsu, Yoshihisa, Ota, Hiroyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Benchmarking
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Monte Carlo Method
Pelvis - diagnostic imaging
Phantoms, Imaging
Radiation Dosage
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract This study aimed to determine organ doses based on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations for individual paediatric patients undergoing chest–abdomen–pelvis computed tomography (CT) examinations and to evaluate correlations of organ doses with dose metrics. MC simulations were performed by inputting detailed descriptions of a CT scanner, scanning parameters and CT images of 51 paediatric patients aged from 0 to 10 years into the simulation software. Organ doses for six radiosensitive organs were determined from dose distribution images obtained as the simulation results. The correlations of organ doses with dose metrics such as volume CT dose index, size-specific dose estimates (SSDEs), and organ-specific SSDEs were evaluated from the corresponding coefficients of determination. Organ doses for ages of 0–1 and 1–5 years were 22%–32% lower than those for ages of 5–10 years. Organ doses exhibited higher linear correlations with SSDEs and organ-specific SSDEs, and can be easily estimated using the linear regression.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/rpd/ncab157