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A Model of the Peritoneal Cavity for Use in Internal Dosimetry

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Evelyn E. Watson, Radiopharmaceutical Internal Dose Information Center, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, TN 37831.

ABSTRACT

Several therapeutic and diagnostic techniques involve injection of radioactive material into the peritoneal cavity. Estimation of the radiation dose to the surface of the pertioneum or to surrounding organs is hampered by the lack of a suitable source region in the phantom commonly used for such calculations. We have modified the Fisher-Snyder phantom to include a region representing the peritoneal cavity which may be employed to estimate such radiation doses. A geometric model is described which is coordinated with the existing organ regions in the phantom. Specific absorbed fractions (derived by Monte Carlo techniques) for photon emissions originating within the cavity are listed. Photon S-values for several radionuclides which have been administered intraperitoneally are shown. Dose conversion factors for electrons irradiating the peritoneal cavity wall, from either a thin plane or volume source of activity within the cavity, are also given for several nuclides.

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