Iranian Journal of Medical Physics

Iranian Journal of Medical Physics

Fetal dosimetry for 18F-FDG PET Imaging during pregnancy: a comparative Monte Carlo study

Document Type : Original Paper

Authors
Nadia Zarghi 1
Seyed Hashem Miri-Hakimabad 1
Elie Hoseinian-Azghadi 1
Najmeh Mohammadi 2
1 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
10.22038/ijmp.2020.52305.1860
Abstract
Introduction: Current reported values of fetal doses from 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in pregnant women imaged with PET scan showed a significant variation. This study aimed to evaluate fetal radiation doses using the last generation of computational pregnant phantoms and also to shed light on one of the uncertainty components of the fetal dose.
Material and Methods: In this respect, we used a boundary representation (BREP) series of computational pregnant phantoms to evaluate radiation doses to the fetus. We also reviewed available data on fetal time-integrated activities and evaluated the confidence and prediction (95%) intervals for the existing data. By doing this, the uncertainty of fetal Biokinetic data was taken into account in fetal dose calculations.
Results: The fetal doses of 2.30E-02, 1.53E-02, and 1.02E-02 mGy/MBq at 3, 6 and 9 months of gestation were estimated. The results also showed the contributions of source organs to the fetal doses. The maternal “urinary bladder contents” and “other organs and tissues” are the main source regions contributing to fetal dose. We also indicated that the Biokinetic variation caused a large uncertainty on fetal dose (with a prediction interval from 1.73E-02 to 3.93E-02 mGy/MBq) at the first trimester of pregnancy, while it is much lower at second and third trimesters. Furthermore, it is indicated that variations on fetal dose outside the determined intervals may be related to the geometrical differences of used computational phantoms.
Conclusion: Since the fetal dose is much higher and the radiation exposure is more deterministic at the first trimester of pregnancy, attempting to evaluate the fetal dose is relevant at this stage accurately.
Keywords
18F
FDG PET Imaging Radiation Dosimetry Pregnancy
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Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 18, Issue 6
November and December 2021
Pages 461-467

  • Receive Date 24 September 2020
  • Revise Date 19 December 2020
  • Accept Date 26 December 2020