title: Practical determination of organ S values for individual patients for therapy.
abstract: Radiation dose calculations using S values of a reference man can introduce substantial errors for individuals patients. We found that all non target sources can be included in the remainder of the body estimate for therapeutic radionuclides. A practical method to derive organ S values based on MIRD data and the mass of the organ and total body of individual patients is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Section of Radiodiagnosis and Therapy, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95816, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: DeNardo
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Macey
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: DeNardo
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: DeNardo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage