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Dosimetric Model of the Beagle Needed for Pre-Clinical Testing of Radiopharmaceuticals
M Shang*, M Sands, W Bolch, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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SU-C-303-3 (Sunday, July 12, 2015) 1:00 PM - 1:55 PM Room: 303
Purpose: Large animal models, most popularly beagles, have been crucial surrogates to humans in determining radiation safety levels of radiopharmaceuticals. This study aims to develop a detailed beagle phantom to accurately approximate organ absorbed doses for therapy nuclear medicine preclinical studies.
Methods: A 3D NURBS model was created subordinate to a whole body CT of an adult beagle. Bones were harvested and CT imaged to offer macroscopic skeletal detail. Samples of trabecular spongiosa were cored and imaged to offer microscopic skeletal detail for bone trabeculae and marrow volume fractions.
Results: Organ masses in the model are typical of an adult beagle. Trends in volume fractions for skeletal dosimetry are fundamentally similar to those found in existing models of other canine species.
Conclusion: This work warrants its use in further investigations of radiation transport calculation for electron and photon dosimetry. This model accurately represents the anatomy of a beagle, and can be directly translated into a useable geometry for a voxel-based Monte Carlo radiation transport program such as MCNP6.
Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: Work supported by a grant from the Hyundai Hope on Wheels Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research.
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