A METHOD TO OBTAIN MEAN ORGAN DOSES IN A RANDO PHANTOM
- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Health Physics
- Vol. 95 (2), 241-244
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hp.0000310997.09116.e3
Abstract
A quantitative method of obtaining average organ dose from point measurements made in the male RANDO phantom is described for 24 compact organs of interest in patient dosimetry. A three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system was created by considering each of the 36 RANDO phantom sections as the z coordinate, and using a rectangular frame to assign x and y coordinates relative to the center of each section. Anatomical atlases and clinical experience were used to identify the location and extent of each organ and tissue in the RANDO phantom. This proposed scheme is comparable to one used in a commercial phantom and offers investigators a comprehensive protocol for obtaining mean organ doses in the RANDO phantom.Keywords
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