Personalized image-based radiation dosimetry for routine clinical use in peptide receptor radionuclide therapy: pretherapy experience

Recent Results Cancer Res. 2013:194:497-517. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-27994-2_29.

Abstract

Patient-specific dose calculations are not routinely performed for targeted radionuclide therapy procedures, partly because they are time consuming and challenging to perform. However, it is becoming widely recognized that a personalized dosimetry approach can help plan treatment and improve understanding of the dose-response relationship. In this chapter, we review the procedures and essential elements of an accurate internal dose calculation and propose a simplified approach that is aimed to be practical for use in a busy nuclear medicine department.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Electronic Data Processing
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Multimodal Imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Precision Medicine*
  • Radiometry*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / therapeutic use*
  • Radiotherapy Dosage
  • Receptors, Peptide / analysis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Receptors, Peptide