Calculation of radiation doses for nonuniformly distributed β and γ radionuclides in soft tissue

In cancer radioimmunotherapy nonuniform distributions of radionuclides in geometrically irregular tumor volumes will be encountered. If the tumor is surrounded by a homogeneous layer of soft tissue, the radiation dose distribution in the tumor due to a beta-emitting nuclide can be calculated by convolution of the appropriate Loevinger's point source dose function, J, with the nuclide concentration distribution. Computer programs using fast …