Monte Carlo PENRADIO software for dose calculation in medical imaging

Author

Adrien, Camille ; Lopez Noriega, Mercedes ; Bonniaud, Guillaume ; Bordy, Jean-Marc ; Le Loirec, Cindy ; Poumarede, Benedicte

Author_Institution

CEA LIST, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The increase on the collective radiation dose due to the large number of medical imaging exams has led the medical physics community to deeply consider the amount of dose delivered to patients as well as its associated risks in these exams. For this purpose we have developed a Monte Carlo tool, PENRADIO, based on a modified version of the 2006 release of the PENELOPE code, to obtain an accurate individualized radiation dose in conventional and interventional radiography and in computed tomography (CT). This tool has been validated showing excellent agreement between the measured and simulated organ doses in the case of a hip conventional radiography and a coronography. We expect the same accuracy in further results for other localizations and in CT examinations.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; computerised tomography; dosimetry; Monte Carlo PENRADIO software; PENELOPE code; computed tomography; coronography; dose calculation; hip conventional radiography; interventional radiography; medical imaging; Aluminum; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Electron tubes; Geometry; Monte Carlo methods; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829369

Filename

6829369