We developed a program which aims to facilitate the calculation of radiation doses to single organs and the whole body. IMEDOSE
uses Excel to include calculations, graphical displays, and interactions with the user in a single general-purpose PC software
tool. To start the procedure the input data are copied into a spreadsheet. They must represent percentage uptake values of
several organs derived from measurements in animals or humans. To extrapolate these data up to seven half-lives of the radionuclide,
fitting to one or two exponentional functions is included and can be checked by the user. By means of the approximate time-activity
information the cumulated activity or residence times are calculated. Finally these data are combined with the absorbed fraction
doses (S-values) given by MIRD pamphlet No. 11 to yield radiation doses, the effective dose equivalent and the effective dose.
These results are presented in a final table. Interactions are realized with push-buttons and drop-down menus. Calculations
use the Visual Basic tool of Excel. In order to test our program, biodistribution data of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose were
taken from the literature (Meija et al.,
J Nucl Med 1991; 32:699–706). For a 70-kg adult the resulting radiation doses of all target organs listed in MIRD 11 were different
from the ICRP 53 values by 1%±18% on the average. When the residence times were introduced into MIRDOSE3 (Stabin,
J Nucl Med 1996; 37:538–546) the mean difference between our results and those of MIRDOSE3 was –3%±6%. Both outcomes indicate the validity
of the present approach.
Key words: Residence times - Radiation dosimetry - Excel - MIRDOSE3Introduction
Received 7 June and in revised form 1 September 1997