Master of Science in Engineering Physics
Degree project - Sébastien Hubert
Supervisor:  José M. Fernández-Varea (UB - Barcelona)
Co-ordinator: Andras Kerek (KTH - Stockholm)

Title: Tools for the Monte Carlo calculation of cellular S-values

Abstract:

S-values are used in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine to
estimate the absorbed dose received by organs or tumours following
admisnistration of radiopharmaceuticals.
Similarly, cellular S-values are the relevant quantities when the
radionuclides are localized within the cell. In this seminar, i will present
three alternative ways of calculating cellular S-values: full Monte Carlo
simulation (using PENELOPE), the Dose Point Kernel approximation, and the
stopping-power approximation. Results are presented for monoenergetic
electron sources and simple beta emitters employed in nuclear medicine both
for spherical and ellipsoidal cell shapes.