A Potential Solution to Assess the Absorbed Dose at Any Point in Breast During Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) Imaging Using a Novel Monte Carlo Simulation Software

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Tokiko Nakamura Hideki Kato Shoichi Suzuki Sachila Niroshani Ikuo Kobayashi Kyoichi Kato Toru Negishi Ryusuke Irie

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Tokiko Nakamura
Department of Radiological Sciences, Graduate School of Human Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan

A B S T R A C T

Estimating the average glandular dose (AGD) from a mammographic exam is essential for assessing radiation-induced cancer risk. In this study, we propose Mdec-Toki Monte Carlo Method with the aim of visualizing the dose distribution of the entire breast under different arbitrary glandularities, compressed thicknesses, and exposure parameters and evaluating the absorbed dose at an arbitrary point. A phantom with 50% glandularity values was used for the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dosimeters measurements to obtain the percentage depth dose PDD from the incident surface to the emission surface. Using the Mdec-Toki method under the same settings as those used for actual measurements and PDD was used to calculate the AGD. The PDD and AGD at an arbitrary point, obtained from Mdec-Toki method simulations and the actual measurements using OSL were similar. The proposed method may be adapted to individual patients and can support radiation safety management during mammography.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Wed 09, Feb 2022
Accepted: Thu 24, Feb 2022
Published: Fri 11, Mar 2022

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© 2023 Tokiko Nakamura. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.RDI.2022.01.01