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Time, Dose and Fractionation in Radiotherapy
2/25/2013 The introduction of Fractionation 2-13/13 Radiobiology lecture Time, Dose and Fractionation in Radiotherapy The Four Rs of Radiobiology Repair of Sublethal Damage • Cells exposed to sparse radiation experience • Efficacy of fractionation based on the 4 Rs: sublethal injury that can be repaired – Repair of sublethal damage • Cell killing requires a greater total dose when given –Repopulation in several fractions – Reassortment of cells within the cell cycle • Most tissue repair occurs in about 3 hours and up –Reoxygenation to 24 hours post radiation • Allows for repair of injured normal tissue and gives a potential therapeutic advantage over tumor cells Reoxygenation Redistribution • Oxygen stabilizes free radicals • Position in cell cycle at time of radiation • Hypoxic cells require more radiation to kill determines sensitivity •Hypoxic tumors • S phase is radioresistant – Temporary vessel constriction •G2 phase delay results in increased radiation – Outgrowth of blood supply and capillary collapse resistance • Tumor shrinkage reduces hypoxic areas • Fractionated RT redistributes cells • Reinforces fractionated dosing • Rapidly cycling cells like mucosa, skin are more sensitive • Slower cyclers like connective tissue, brain are spared 1 2/25/2013 Repopulation • Increased regeneration of surviving fraction Basics of Fractionation • Rapidly proliferating tumors regenerate faster • Determines the length and timing of therapy course • Dividing a dose into several fractions spares normal tissues • Accelerated Repopulation – Repair -
1 RC-6 Internal Dosimetry the Science and Art of Internal Dose
RC-6 Internal Dosimetry The science and art of internal dose assessment H. Doerfel a, A. Andrasi b, M. Bailey c, V. Berkovski d, E. Blanchardon e, C.-M. Castellani f, R. Cruz-Suarez g, G. Etherington c, C. Hurtgen h, B. LeGuen i, I. Malatova j, J. Marsh c, J. Stather c aIDEA System GmbH, Am Burgweg 4, 76227 Karlsruhe, Germany, [email protected] bKFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary cRadiation Protection Division, Health Protection Agency, Chilton, Didcot, UK dRadiation Protection Institute, Kiev, Ukraine eInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucleaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France fENEA Radiation Protection Institute, Bologna, Italia gInternational Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria hSCK•CEN Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium iElectricite de France, Saint-Denis, France jNRPI, Prague, Czech Republic 1 Abstract Doses from intakes of radionuclides cannot be measured but must be assessed from monitoring, such as whole body counting or urinary excretion measurements. Such assessments require application of a biokinetic model and estimation of the exposure time, material properties, etc. Because of the variety of parameters involved, the results of such assessments may vary over a wide range, according to the skill and the experience of the assessor. The refresher course gives an overview over the state of the art of the determination of internal dose. The first part of the course deals with the measuring techniques for individual incorporation monitoring i.e (i) direct measurement of activity in the whole body or organs, (ii) measurement of activity excreted with urine and faeces, and (iii) measurement of activity in the breathing zone or at the workplace, respectively. -
Chapter 1.2: Transformation Kinetics
Chapter 1: Radioactivity Chapter 1.2: Transformation Kinetics 200 NPRE 441, Principles of Radiation Protection Chapter 1: Radioactivity http://www.world‐nuclear.org/info/inf30.html 201 NPRE 441, Principles of Radiation Protection Chapter 1: Radioactivity Serial Transformation In many situations, the parent nuclides produce one or more radioactive offsprings in a chain. In such cases, it is important to consider the radioactivity from both the parent and the daughter nuclides as a function of time. • Due to their short half lives, 90Kr and 90Rb will be completely transformed, results in a rapid building up of 90Sr. • 90Y has a much shorter half‐life compared to 90Sr. After a certain period of time, the instantaneous amount of 90Sr transformed per unit time will be equal to that of 90Y. •Inthiscase,90Y is said to be in a secular equilibrium. 202 NPRE 441, Principles of Radiation Protection Chapter 1: Radioactivity Exponential DecayTransformation Kinetics • Different isotopes are characterized by their different rate of transformation (decay). • The activity of a pure radionuclide decreases exponentially with time. For a given sample, the number of decays within a unit time window around a given time t is a Poisson random variable, whose expectation is given by t Q Q0e •Thedecayconstant is the probability of a nucleus of the isotope undergoing a decay within a unit period of time. 203 NPRE 441, Principles of Radiation Protection Chapter 1: Radioactivity Why Exponential Decay? The decay rate, A, is given by Separate variables in above equation, we have The decay constant is the probability of a nucleus of the isotope undergoing a decay within a unit period of time. -
Experimental Γ Ray Spectroscopy and Investigations of Environmental Radioactivity
Experimental γ Ray Spectroscopy and Investigations of Environmental Radioactivity BY RANDOLPH S. PETERSON 216 α Po 84 10.64h. 212 Pb 1- 415 82 0- 239 β- 01- 0 60.6m 212 1+ 1630 Bi 2+ 1513 83 α β- 2+ 787 304ns 0+ 0 212 α Po 84 Experimental γ Ray Spectroscopy and Investigations of Environmental Radioactivity Randolph S. Peterson Physics Department The University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee Published by Spectrum Techniques All Rights Reserved Copyright 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ....................................................................................................................4 Basic Gamma Spectroscopy 1. Energy Calibration ................................................................................................... 7 2. Gamma Spectra from Common Commercial Sources ........................................ 10 3. Detector Energy Resolution .................................................................................. 12 Interaction of Radiation with Matter 4. Compton Scattering............................................................................................... 14 5. Pair Production and Annihilation ........................................................................ 17 6. Absorption of Gammas by Materials ..................................................................... 19 7. X Rays ..................................................................................................................... 21 Radioactive Decay 8. Multichannel Scaling and Half-life ..................................................................... -
Estimation of the Collective Effective Dose to the Population from Medical X-Ray Examinations in Finland
Estimation of the collective effective dose to the population from medical x-ray examinations in Finland Petra Tenkanen-Rautakoskia, Hannu Järvinena, Ritva Blya aRadiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), PL 14, 00880 Helsinki, Finland Abstract. The collective effective dose to the population from all x-ray examinations in Finland in 2005 was estimated. The numbers of x-ray examinations were collected by a questionnaire to the health care units (response rate 100 %). The effective doses in plain radiography were calculated using a Monte Carlo based program (PCXMC), as average values for selected health care units. For computed tomography (CT), weighted dose length product (DLPw) in a standard phantom was measured for routine CT protocols of four body regions, for 80 % of CT scanners including all types. The effective doses were calculated from DPLw values using published conversion factors. For contrast-enhanced radiology and interventional radiology, the effective dose was estimated mainly by using published DAP values and conversion factors for given body regions. About 733 examinations per 1000 inhabitants (excluding dental) were made in 2005, slightly less than in 2000. The proportions of plain radiography, computed tomography, contrast-enhanced radiography and interventional procedures were about 92, 7, 1 and 1 %, respectively. From 2000, the frequencies (number of examinations per 1000 inhabitants) of plain radiography and contrast-enhanced radiography have decreased about 8 and 33 %, respectively, while the frequencies of CT and interventional radiology have increased about 28 and 38 %, respectively. The population dose from all x-ray examinations is about 0,43 mSv per person (in 1997 0,5 mSv). -
Nuclide Safety Data Sheet Iron-59
59 Nuclide Safety Data Sheet 59 Iron-59 Fe www.nchps.org Fe I. PHYSICAL DATA 1 Gammas/X-rays: 192 keV (3% abundance); 1099 keV (56%), 1292 keV (44%) Radiation: 1 Betas: 131 keV (1%), 273 keV (46%), 466 keV (53%) 2 Gamma Constant: 0.703 mR/hr per mCi @ 1.0 meter [1.789E-4 mSv/hr per MBq @ 1.0 meter] 1 Half-Life [T½] : Physical T½: 44.5 day 3 Biological T½: ~1.7 days (ingestion) ; much longer for small fraction Effective T½: ~1.7 days (varies; also small fraction retained much longer) Specific Activity: 4.97E5 Ci/g [1.84E15 Bq/g] max.1 II. RADIOLOGICAL DATA Radiotoxicity4: 1.8E-9 Sv/Bq (67 mrem/uCi) of 59Fe ingested [CEDE] 4.0E-9 Sv/Bq (150 mrem/uCi) of 59Fe inhaled [CEDE] Critical Organ: Spleen1, [blood] Intake Routes: Ingestion, inhalation, puncture, wound, skin contamination (absorption); Radiological Hazard: Internal Exposure; Contamination III. SHIELDING Half Value Layer [HVL] Tenth Value Layer [TVL] Lead [Pb] 15 mm (0.59 inches) 45 mm (1.8 inches) Steel 35 mm (1.4 inches) 91 mm (3.6 inches) The accessible dose rate should be background but must be < 2 mR/hr IV. DOSIMETRY MONITORING - Always wear radiation dosimetry monitoring badges [body & ring] whenever handling 59Fe V. DETECTION & MEASUREMENT Portable Survey Meters: Geiger-Mueller [e.g. PGM] to assess shielding effectiveness & contamination Wipe Test: Liquid Scintillation Counter, Gamma Counter VI. SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS • Avoid skin contamination [absorption], ingestion, inhalation, & injection [all routes of intake] • Use shielding (lead) to minimize exposure while handling of 59Fe • Use tools (e.g. -
THE COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVE DOSE RESULTING from RADIATION EMITTED DURING the FIRST WEEKS of the FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR ACCIDENT Matthew Mckinzie, Ph.D
THE COLLECTIVE EFFECTIVE DOSE RESULTING FROM RADIATION EMITTED DURING THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR ACCIDENT Matthew McKinzie, Ph.D. and Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D., Natural Resources Defense Council April 10, 2011 The Magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Japan’s Pacific Coast, which was the initiating event for accidents at four of the six reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, occurred at 14:46 local time on March 11th. At 15:41 a tsunami hit the plant and a station blackout ensued. A reconstruction of the accident progression by Areva1 posited that the final option for cooling the reactors – the reactor core isolation pumps – failed just hours later in Unit 1 (at 16:36), failed in the early morning of March 13th in Unit 3 (at 02:44), and failed early in the afternoon of March 14th in Unit 2 (at 13:25). Radiological releases spiked beginning on March 15th and in the Areva analysis are attributed to the venting of the reactor pressure vessels, explosion in Unit 2, and – significantly – explosion and fire in Unit 4. Fuel had been discharged from the Unit 4 reactor core to the adjacent spent fuel pool on November 30, 2010, raising the possibility of a core melt “on fresh air.” The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has posted hourly dose rates by prefecture2 on its website. We do not currently know the geographic coordinates of these radiation monitoring sites. The English language versions of the hourly dose rate measurements by prefecture begin in table form at 17:00 on March 16th, and hourly dose rates are provided as charts3 beginning at 00:00 on March 14th. -
Radiobiology Is a Young Science and Is Solely Concerned with the Study Of
The Rockefeller Foundation and its support of Radiobiology up to the 1970s By Sinclair Wynchank Senior Lecturer University of Cape Town Rondebosch, South Africa [email protected] © 2011 by Sinclair Wynchank Radiation biology, or radiobiology, is a very young science, solely concerned with the study of the interactions between ionizing radiation and living matter. This science slowly became a recognized field of study after the discovery of ionizing radiation (i.e., X rays) in 1895. A broadly varied and evolving terminology has been applied to aspects of radiobiology and therefore, archival searches concerning it are complex. This report is a work in progress, which mainly recounts support given by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) to radiobiology. The RF was a most important player in the early history of radiobiology and a crucial influence in ensuring that the science steadily matured during its first six decades. Time constraints prevented all relevant items from being accessed, but a clear idea of the RF‟s strong influence on radiobiology‟s early history has resulted. Examples of RF activities to verify this assertion are given below, in by and large chronological order. After a brief analysis of RF aid, there is a short account of why its support so strongly benefitted the young science. To my knowledge there is very little written about the history of radiobiology and nothing about the role that the RF or other philanthropic bodies played in this history. Inevitably, for an extensive time, individual radiobiologists first studied other fields of science before radiobiology. Even in 2011 there are only five universities in the U.S. -
Individual and Collective Dose Limits and Radionuclide Release Limits
UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR WASTE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555 April 29, 1991 r' Mr. Robert M. Bernero, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards u.s. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Dear Mr. Bernero: SUBJECT: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DOSE LIMITS AND RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE LIMITS The Advisory Committee . on Nuclear waste has been developing comments, thoughts, and suggestions relative to individual and collective dose limits and radionuclide release limits. Since we understand that your staff is reviewing these same topics, we wanted to share our thoughts with you. In formulating these comments, we have had discussions with a number of people, including members of the NRC staff and Committee consultants. The Committee also had the benefit of the documents listed. Basic Definitions As a basic philosophy, individual dose limits are used to place restrictions on the risk to individual members of the public due to operations at a nuclear facility. If the limits have been properly established and compliance is observed, a regulatory agency can be confident that the associated risk to individual members of the pUblic is acceptable. Because the determination of the dose to individual members of the pUblic is difficult, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has developed the concept of the "critical group" and recommends that it be used in assessing doses resulting from environmental releases. As defined by the ICRP, a critical group is a relatively homogeneous group of people whose location and living habits are such that they receive the highest doses as a result of radio nuclide releases. -
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Third European Intercomparison Exercise
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Technik und Umwelt Wissenschaftliche Berichte FZKA 6457 Third European Intercomparison Exercise on Internal Dose Assessment Results of a Research Programme in the Framework of the EULEP/EURADOS Action Group “Derivation of Parameter Values for Application to the New Model of the Human Respiratory Tract for Occupational Exposure” 1997-1999 H. Doerfel, A. Andrasi 1), M. R. Bailey 2), A. Birchall 2), C.-M. Castellani 3), C. Hurtgen 4), N. Jarvis 2), L. Johansson 5), B. LeGuen 6), G. Tarroni 3) Hauptabteilung Sicherheit 1) AERI, Budapest, Hungary 2) NRPB, Chilton Didcot, United Kingdom 3) ENEA, Bologna, Italy 4) CEN/SCK, Mol, Belgium 5) University of Umea, Umea, Sweden 6) EDF-GDF, Saint Denis Cedex, France Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe 2000 Abstract The EULEP/EURADOS Action Group „Derivation of Parameter Values for Application to the New Model of the Human Respiratory Tract for Occupational Exposure“ has initiated a new intercomparison exercise on internal dose assessment. During the last few years the ICRP has developed a new generation of more realistic internal dosimetry models, including the Human Respiratory Tract Model (ICRP Publication 66) and recycling systemic models for actinides. These models have been used to calculate dose coefficients, which have been adopted in the revised EURATOM Directive. This recent intercomparison exercise gave special consideration to the effects of the new models and the choice of input parameters on the assessment of internal doses from monitoring results. It also took into account some aspects which have not been considered in previous exercises, such as air monitoring, natural radionuclides, exposure of the public, artificially created cases and artificially reduced information. -
General Guidelines for the Estimation of Committed Effective Dose from Incorporation Monitoring Data
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaftt Wissenschaftliche Berichte FZKA 7243 General Guidelines for the Estimation of Committed Effective Dose from Incorporation Monitoring Data (Project IDEAS – EU Contract No. FIKR-CT2001-00160) H. Doerfel, A. Andrasi, M. Bailey, V. Berkovski, E. Blanchardon, C.-M. Castellani, C. Hurtgen, B. LeGuen, I. Malatova, J. Marsh, J. Stather Hauptabteilung Sicherheit August 2006 Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Wissenschaftliche Berichte FZKA 7243 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTIMATION OF COMMITTED EFFECTIVE DOSE FROM INCORPORATION MONITORING DATA (Project IDEAS – EU Contract No. FIKR-CT2001-00160) H. Doerfel, A. Andrasi 1, M. Bailey 2, V. Berkovski 3, E. Blanchardon 6, C.-M. Castellani 4, C. Hurtgen 5, B. LeGuen 7, I. Malatova 8, J. Marsh 2, J. Stather 2 Hauptabteilung Sicherheit 1 KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary 2 Health Protection Agency, Radiation Protection Division, (formerly National Radiological Protection Board), Chilton, Didcot, United Kingdom 3 Radiation Protection Institute, Kiev, Ukraine 4 ENEA Institute for Radiation Protection, Bologna, Italy 5 Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium 7 Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France 8 Electricité de France (EDF), Saint-Denis, France 9 National Radiation Protection Institute, Praha, Czech Republic Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Karlsruhe 2006 Für diesen Bericht behalten wir uns alle Rechte vor Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe Mitglied der Hermann von Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF) ISSN 0947-8620 urn:nbn:de:0005-072434 IDEAS General Guidelines – June 2006 Abstract Doses from intakes of radionuclides cannot be measured but must be assessed from monitoring, such as whole body counting or urinary excretion measurements. -
The International Commission on Radiological Protection: Historical Overview
Topical report The International Commission on Radiological Protection: Historical overview The ICRP is revising its basic recommendations by Dr H. Smith Within a few weeks of Roentgen's discovery of gamma rays; 1.5 roentgen per working week for radia- X-rays, the potential of the technique for diagnosing tion, affecting only superficial tissues; and 0.03 roentgen fractures became apparent, but acute adverse effects per working week for neutrons. (such as hair loss, erythema, and dermatitis) made hospital personnel aware of the need to avoid over- Recommendations in the 1950s exposure. Similar undesirable acute effects were By then, it was accepted that the roentgen was reported shortly after the discovery of radium and its inappropriate as a measure of exposure. In 1953, the medical applications. Notwithstanding these observa- ICRU recommended that limits of exposure should be tions, protection of staff exposed to X-rays and gamma based on consideration of the energy absorbed in tissues rays from radium was poorly co-ordinated. and introduced the rad (radiation absorbed dose) as a The British X-ray and Radium Protection Committee unit of absorbed dose (that is, energy imparted by radia- and the American Roentgen Ray Society proposed tion to a unit mass of tissue). In 1954, the ICRP general radiation protection recommendations in the introduced the rem (roentgen equivalent man) as a unit early 1920s. In 1925, at the First International Congress of absorbed dose weighted for the way different types of of Radiology, the need for quantifying exposure was radiation distribute energy in tissue (called the dose recognized. As a result, in 1928 the roentgen was equivalent in 1966).