Designing a Computer Code to Calculate the Committed Dose Equivalent to Internal Organs Following the Injection of a Radiopharmaceutical

Abstract

Radiopharmaceuticals are drugs that contain radioactive isotopes and are used in the nuclear medicine field for diagnostic procedures. There is a demand for an effective software to calculate the Committed Dose Equivalent (CDE) to patients. The designed software would be a useful tool for medical professionals in the nuclear medicine field and for any patient interested in knowing the dose received following the injection of a radiopharmaceutical. The aim is to design an affordable and easy to learn tool to estimate the Committed Dose Equivalent to various organs of interest as well as the total body.