Evaluation of energy deposition to the urinary bladder wall considering radiosensitive basal cells by beta-ray emitters

Watanabe, Yoko ; Kinase, Sakae   ; Saito, Kimiaki  

The present report describes the dose evaluation of the urinary bladder since its absorbed dose from radiopharmaceuticals tends to be higher than other organs. For an accurate dose evaluation, a simple bladder model considering radiosensitive basal cells was used to calculate SAF (specific absorbed fractions) for the basal cells and the whole bladder wall from mono energetic photon and electron sources using Monte Carlo simulation. Furthermore, S values (the mean absorbed doses for the target organ per unit cumulated activity in the source organ) were evaluated for 36 beta-ray emitters. Consequently, considering basal cells and beta particle spectra in the evaluation of absorbed dose for the urinary bladder are very important for an accurate evaluation.