Comparison of Absorbed Fraction of Gamma and Beta Rays of I124 and I131radioIsotopes in Thyroid Gland with Monte Carlo Simulation

I131 is a famous radioiodine isotope in use for diagnosis and treatment of hyper functioning and cancerous thyroid gland. It is a nuclear reactor product; however nuclear reactor may be unavailable in some areas. Replacement by I124 may be possible, another iodine isotope producible by cyclotron; a system more available than reactor. Here absorbed fraction of Gamma and Beta rays of I124 throughout thyroid and neck soft tissues are measured and compared with I131. Employing I124 as substitute for I131 is also discussed. First of all, the input file for MCNPX code has been prepared to calculate F6 and F8 tallies. Then the code has been run for F6 and F8 tallies for variation of lobe volume from 1 to 25 milliliters. From the output file of tally F6, the gamma absorbed fraction in thyroid and neck tissue for the volume lobe variation from 1 ml to 25 ml have been derived. As well as, form the output of F8 tally the absorbed energy of beta in thyroid and soft tissue of neck is obtained and then absorbed fraction of beta has been calculated. Finding indicated that for constant activity in thyroid and soft tissue the gamma absorbed fraction for I124 is less than I131. For the same situation, the beta absorbed fraction of I124 in thyroid is less than I131 and in soft tissue is more than I131. If I131 is nonavailable it may be replaced by I124for treatment of cancerous or hyper functional gland