Program Information
Design and Fabrication of a Multi-Functional Neck and Thyroid Phantom for Medical Dosimetry and Calibration
S Mehdizadeh1 , s sina1 , M Karimipourfard2 , F Lotfalizadeh2 , R Faghihi1,2*, A Babaei3(1) Radiation Research Center, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (2) Nuclear Engineering department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran(3) Shiraz University of medical sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Presentations
SU-E-I-24 Sunday 3:00PM - 6:00PM Room: Exhibit HallPurpose: The purpose of this study is the design and fabrication of a multi-purpose anthropomorphic neck and thyroid phantom for use in medical applications (i.e. quality control of images in nuclear medicine, and dosimetry).
Methods: The designed neck phantom is composed of seven elliptic cylindrical slices with semi-major axis of 14 and semi-minor axis of 12.5 cm, each having the thickness of 2cm. Thyroid gland, bony part of the neck, and the wind pipe were also built inside the neck phantom.
Results: The phantom contains some removable plugs,inside and at its surface to accommodate the TLD chips with different shapes and dimensions, (i.e. rod, cylindrical and cubical TLD chips)for the purpose of medical dosimetry (i.e. in radiology, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine). For the purpose of quality control of images in nuclear medicine, the removable thyroid gland was built to accommodate the radioactive iodine. The female and male thyroid glands were built in two sizes separately.
Conclusion: The designed phantom is a multi-functional phantom which is applicable for dosimetry in diagnostic radiology, radiotherapy, and quality control of images in nuclear medicine.
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