Individual Calculation of Effective Dose and Risk of Malignancy Based on Monte Carlo Simulations after Whole Body Computed Tomography.

Scientific Reports
Markus KoppMatthias May

Abstract

Detailed knowledge about radiation exposure is crucial for radiology professionals. The conventional calculation of effective dose (ED) for computed tomography (CT) is based on dose length product (DLP) and population-based conversion factors (k). This is often imprecise and unable to consider individual patient characteristics. We sought to provide more precise and individual radiation exposure calculation using image based Monte Carlo simulations (MC) in a heterogeneous patient collective and to compare it to phantom based MC provided from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as academic reference. Dose distributions were simulated for 22 patients after whole-body CT during Positron Emission Tomography-CT. Based on MC we calculated individual Lifetime Attributable Risk (LAR) and Excess Relative Risk (ERR) of cancer mortality. EDMC was compared to EDDLP and EDNCI. EDDLP (13.2 ± 4.5 mSv) was higher compared to EDNCI (9.8 ± 2.1 mSv) and EDMC (11.6 ± 1.5 mSv). Relative individual differences were up to -48% for EDMC and -44% for EDNCI compared to EDDLP. Matching pair analysis illustrates that young age and gender are affecting LAR and ERR significantly. Because of these uncertainties in radiation dose assessment automated individu...Continue Reading

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