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Absorbed dose profiles for 32P, 90Y, 188Re, 177Lu, 153Sm and 169Er: radionuclides used in radiosynoviortheses treatment
Perfiles de dosis absorbida para 32P, 90Y, 188Re, 177Lu, 153Sm y 169Er : radionuclidos usados en el tratamiento de radiosinoviortesis
M.. Torresa, E.. Ayraa, O.. Albuernea, M.A.. Montano Delgadob
a Radiation Protection Department, Isotopes Centre, Carretera la Rada, Km 3 1/2 Havana, Cuba
b Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, Havana, Cuba
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clinical practice&#44; the first results were published in 1952<a href="&#35;bib3" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> and were followed in the 60s with the inclusion of Y-90<a href="&#35;bib4" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib5" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a>&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The RSV is the injection of a radioactive substance inside any synovial cavity&#44; in such way that the injected radionuclide makes contact with the synovial membrane&#46; This substance is rapidly phagocytized by the synovial lining cells&#46; During the radioactive decay of the injected radionuclide&#44; a therapeutic dose will be delivered to the synovial tissue destroying it&#46; The energy of the beta emitters used in radiosynoviortheses range from 0&#46;34MeV &#40;0&#46;33mm penetration in tissue&#41; in the case of Er-169 to 2&#46;27MeV &#40;3&#46;6mm penetration in tissue&#41; for the Y-90&#46; The half life of these isotopes goes from 2&#46;3 hrs &#40;Dy-165&#41; to 27&#46;8 days &#40;Cr-51&#41;<a href="&#35;bib6" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a>&#46; Nowadays&#44; the selection of the radionuclide to be used depends on the size of the joint to be treated&#46; Thus&#44; the smaller the joint&#44; the lower should be the energy and therefore the penetration&#46; These facts led to the use of fixed radionuclides for specific joints&#46; The first works on the assessment of doses to the patients in RSV were published in the 80s and early 90s<a href="&#35;bib7" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib8" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib9" 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radionuclide &#40;Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; in the synovial membrane and the articular cartilage&#46; The radionuclides involved were those previously mentioned&#46; The therapeutic range of each radionuclides in synovial tissue were also calculated&#46; The therapeutic range is defined as the deepness at which the absorbed dose equals the 10&#37; of the maximum dose deposited in the synovial surface&#46; This range determines the synovial thickness that can be sufficiently irradiated and thus successfully treated&#46;</p><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Materials and methods</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The synovial joint is basically the articular cartilage&#44; bone and tissue &#40;synovial membrane&#41;&#46; In <a href="&#35;tbl1" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">tabla 1</a> is shown the composition and density of every constituent according to Johnson and Yanch<a href="&#35;bib8" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a>&#46;</p><p 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class="elsevierStyleInf">1&#47;2</span></td><td>64&#46;1h</td><td>14&#46;3 days</td><td>16&#46;98h</td><td>6&#46;71 days</td><td>46&#46;7h</td><td>9&#46;4 days</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>Emission type</td><td>Beta</td><td>Beta</td><td>Beta&#44; gamma&#44; electron</td><td>Beta&#44; gamma&#44; electron</td><td>Beta&#44; gamma&#44; electron</td><td>Beta&#44; gamma&#44; electron</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">The MCNP4C Monte Carlo code was used to perform the dosimetry calculations&#46; MCNP is a general-purpose Monte Carlo N-Particle code that can be used for neutron&#44; photon&#44; electron&#44; or coupled neutron&#47;photon&#47;electron transport&#46; MCNP4C is the first major release of MCNP since version 4B<a href="&#35;bib11" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a>&#46; The beta spectrum of the radionuclides listed in <a href="&#35;tbl2" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">tabla 2</a> was downloaded from  www&#46;doseinfo-radar  <a href="&#35;bib12" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> and the characteristics of the gamma and&#47;or electronic emission are the ones in the software Radiation Decay<a href="&#35;bib13" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a>&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">To determine the therapeutic range &#40;X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#41;&#44; an isotropic point source was simulated in the centre of various concentric spheres of different radii&#46; These radii ranged from 1mm to 10mm &#40;increasing 1mm at a time&#41; for all radionuclides but for Er-169&#46; In this case&#44; the radii ranged from 0&#46;1mm to 1mm &#40;0&#46;1mm at a time&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span> values for the synovial membrane and articular cartilage were calculated using as a model a cylinder with the source uniformly distributed in its volume&#46; The synovial membrane was simulated varying the radius of the cylinder &#40;from 0&#46;5cm to 9cm&#41; and its height &#40;from 0&#46;01cm to 0&#46;04cm&#41;&#46; The area in the base of the cylinder represents different sizes of the synovial surface &#40;small&#44; medium and large joints&#41;&#46; The synovium area can be estimated through computer tomography &#40;CT&#41;<a href="&#35;bib7" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a>&#46; The height of the cylinder represents different stages of the progression of the rheumatoid arthritis &#40;RA&#41;<a href="&#35;bib8" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a>&#46; The same model was used to simulate the articular cartilage but&#44; the source was uniformly distributed into a cylindrical slab &#40;0&#46;01cm height and 1cm of radius&#41;&#46; The S value as a function of distance into the diseased synovium and articular cartilage for each of the 6 beta emitting radionuclides mentioned earlier were simulated incorporating very thin cylindrical slabs of tissue and articular cartilage to the original model&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">   S     &#61;       E       m       &#42;     576&#46;7     &#42;     1       0        -     3     </p><p class="elsevierStylePara">The S &#40;Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; values have been calculated for different pair of source-target organs and for some radionuclides of interest in Nuclear Medicine<a href="&#35;bib14" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a>&#46; In this paper&#44; using Monte Carlo computer calculations&#44; the S values for each proposed model were obtained calculating the mean absorbed energy &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">E</span>&#41; per disintegration deposited in a target mass &#40;synovial membrane and articular cartilage&#41;&#44; divided by the tissue mass &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">m</span>&#41; and multiplied by 576&#46;7E-03 to obtain the absorbed dose level per cumulated activity in the source region&#44; Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq&#46; The basic equation for this situation is&#58;where <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">m</span>&#58; tissue mass &#40;g&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">E</span>&#58; mean absorbed energy &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">E</span>&#41; per disintegration deposited in a target mass &#40;MeV&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">     D       t       &#61;     S     &#215;     1&#46;44     &#215;       T        1     &#47;     2     f        &#305;      &#180;       sico        &#215;       A        o     </p><p class="elsevierStylePara">If we consider that the radionuclide decays completely in the joint&#44; so no leakage effect is taken into account&#44; important aspect to keep in mind&#44; the dose absorbed in the synovial membrane is obtained through the Eq&#46; <a href="&#35;eq2" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a>&#46;where <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>&#58; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-value &#40;Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41;&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf">1&#47;2</span>&#58; half life&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">A</span><span class="elsevierStyleInf">0</span>&#58; injected activity into the articular cavity&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">For all cases&#44; a sufficient number of electron and photon transport histories were generated to produce statistically reliable energy tallies&#44; with relative errors less than 0&#46;10&#46; Also&#44; the Bremsstrahlung radiation was considered in the calculations&#46;</p><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Analysis and discussion of results</span><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Synovial membrane</span><p class="elsevierStylePara"><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-values for synovial membranes with different synovium size are shown in <a href="&#35;tbl3" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">tabla 3</a>&#46; As the area of the inflamed synovium increases&#44; diminishes the value of the absorbed dose rate in the synovial membrane&#46; Studies with <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y usually apply an average administered activity of 185MBq for arthritic knee patients with synovium area of 250cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#46; This value of administered activity will deliver approximately 130Gy in the synovial membrane according to our model &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-value&#61;0&#46;007&#41;&#46; If we wish to obtain the same therapeutic effect in the synovial membrane of an arthritic wrist with 50cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span> of synovium area &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-value&#61;0&#46;035&#41;&#44; it only will be necessary to inject 37MBq of <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#46; In this case it is considered that the radionuclide decays completely in the joint &#40;Eq&#46; <a href="&#35;eq2" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a>&#41;&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 3&#46; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-Values &#40;Gy&#47;MBq&#42;h&#41; for different synovium sizes and thickness of synovial lining cells&#46;</p><a name="tbl3" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>A&#40;cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#41;</td><td rowspan="0" colspan="12">Thickness of synovial lining cells</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr align="left"><td></td><td rowspan="0" colspan="6">0&#46;01cm</td><td rowspan="0" colspan="6">0&#46;015cm</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr align="left"><td></td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>13</td><td>0&#46;152</td><td>0&#46;154</td><td>0&#46;325</td><td>0&#46;335</td><td>0&#46;294</td><td>0&#46;295</td><td>0&#46;144</td><td>0&#46;146</td><td>0&#46;291</td><td>0&#46;277</td><td>0&#46;243</td><td>0&#46;240</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>20</td><td>0&#46;098</td><td>0&#46;099</td><td>0&#46;208</td><td>0&#46;214</td><td>0&#46;188</td><td>0&#46;189</td><td>0&#46;092</td><td>0&#46;094</td><td>0&#46;186</td><td>0&#46;177</td><td>0&#46;156</td><td>0&#46;154</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>28</td><td>0&#46;068</td><td>0&#46;069</td><td>0&#46;145</td><td>0&#46;149</td><td>0&#46;131</td><td>0&#46;131</td><td>0&#46;064</td><td>0&#46;065</td><td>0&#46;130</td><td>0&#46;123</td><td>0&#46;108</td><td>0&#46;107</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>38</td><td>0&#46;050</td><td>0&#46;051</td><td>0&#46;106</td><td>0&#46;109</td><td>0&#46;096</td><td>0&#46;096</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;048</td><td>0&#46;095</td><td>0&#46;091</td><td>0&#46;080</td><td>0&#46;078</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>50</td><td>0&#46;038</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;081</td><td>0&#46;084</td><td>0&#46;074</td><td>0&#46;074</td><td>0&#46;036</td><td>0&#46;037</td><td>0&#46;073</td><td>0&#46;069</td><td>0&#46;061</td><td>0&#46;060</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>64</td><td>0&#46;030</td><td>0&#46;031</td><td>0&#46;064</td><td>0&#46;066</td><td>0&#46;058</td><td>0&#46;058</td><td>0&#46;029</td><td>0&#46;029</td><td>0&#46;058</td><td>0&#46;055</td><td>0&#46;048</td><td>0&#46;047</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>79</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;025</td><td>0&#46;052</td><td>0&#46;054</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;044</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;038</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>95</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;043</td><td>0&#46;044</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;037</td><td>0&#46;032</td><td>0&#46;032</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>113</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;036</td><td>0&#46;037</td><td>0&#46;033</td><td>0&#46;033</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;032</td><td>0&#46;031</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;027</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>133</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;031</td><td>0&#46;032</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;026</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;023</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>154</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;020</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>177</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;021</td><td>0&#46;021</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;021</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;017</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>201</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;021</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;015</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>227</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;013</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>254</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;012</td></tr><tr align="left"><td></td></tr><tr align="left"><td></td><td>0&#46;02cm</td><td>0&#46;025cm</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>A&#40;cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#41;</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>13</td><td>0&#46;138</td><td>0&#46;140</td><td>0&#46;264</td><td>0&#46;237</td><td>0&#46;211</td><td>0&#46;197</td><td>0&#46;134</td><td>0&#46;136</td><td>0&#46;244</td><td>0&#46;207</td><td>0&#46;189</td><td>0&#46;166</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>20</td><td>0&#46;089</td><td>0&#46;090</td><td>0&#46;170</td><td>0&#46;151</td><td>0&#46;135</td><td>0&#46;126</td><td>0&#46;086</td><td>0&#46;087</td><td>0&#46;156</td><td>0&#46;132</td><td>0&#46;121</td><td>0&#46;106</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>28</td><td>0&#46;062</td><td>0&#46;063</td><td>0&#46;118</td><td>0&#46;105</td><td>0&#46;094</td><td>0&#46;088</td><td>0&#46;060</td><td>0&#46;061</td><td>0&#46;109</td><td>0&#46;092</td><td>0&#46;084</td><td>0&#46;074</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>38</td><td>0&#46;045</td><td>0&#46;046</td><td>0&#46;087</td><td>0&#46;077</td><td>0&#46;069</td><td>0&#46;064</td><td>0&#46;044</td><td>0&#46;045</td><td>0&#46;080</td><td>0&#46;068</td><td>0&#46;062</td><td>0&#46;054</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>50</td><td>0&#46;035</td><td>0&#46;035</td><td>0&#46;066</td><td>0&#46;059</td><td>0&#46;053</td><td>0&#46;049</td><td>0&#46;034</td><td>0&#46;034</td><td>0&#46;061</td><td>0&#46;052</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;042</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>64</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;056</td><td>0&#46;047</td><td>0&#46;042</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;048</td><td>0&#46;041</td><td>0&#46;037</td><td>0&#46;033</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>79</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;043</td><td>0&#46;038</td><td>0&#46;034</td><td>0&#46;032</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;039</td><td>0&#46;033</td><td>0&#46;030</td><td>0&#46;027</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>95</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;035</td><td>0&#46;031</td><td>0&#46;028</td><td>0&#46;026</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;032</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;025</td><td>0&#46;022</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>113</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;030</td><td>0&#46;026</td><td>0&#46;024</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;027</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;021</td><td>0&#46;018</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>133</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;025</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;023</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;018</td><td>0&#46;016</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>154</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;022</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;016</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;020</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;014</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>177</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;019</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;012</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>201</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;017</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;010</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>227</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;015</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;008</td><td>0&#46;014</td><td>0&#46;011</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;009</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>254</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;013</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;007</td><td>0&#46;012</td><td>0&#46;010</td><td>0&#46;009</td><td>0&#46;008</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">Since electron emission energies and spectral shapes differ between &#946;-active radionuclides&#44; the absorbed dose penetration range can vary substantially from one radionuclide to another&#46; Essentially&#44; this effective penetration ranges determine the thickness of inflamed synovium that can be treated successfully&#46; One way of evaluating this range is to establish the distance at which the absorbed dose equals the 10&#37; of the dose deposited in the synovial membrane &#40;X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#41;&#46; The X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span> values for each of the six beta-emitting radionuclides considered in this paper are included in <a href="&#35;tbl4" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">tabla 4</a>&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Table 4&#46; Therapeutic range &#40;X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#41; for <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm&#44; and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</p><a name="tbl4" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td rowspan="0" colspan="6">X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span> &#40;mm&#41;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P2</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td></tr><tr align="left"><td>2&#46;22</td><td>2&#46;1</td><td>2&#46;1</td><td>1&#46;3</td><td>1&#46;6</td><td>0&#46;18</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">Note that X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span> can be divided in three groups&#46; The first group formed by <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re with X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#61;2mm&#44; the second group &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm&#41; with 1&#38;&#35;60&#59;X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#38;&#35;60&#59;&#61;2mm and the third one &#40;<span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er&#41;&#59; X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span>&#38;&#35;60&#59;1&#46; These variations can be used to help the clinician performing RSV in selecting the best radionuclide for individual joint and synovium condition&#46; No single radionuclide is ideally suited for use in every radiation synovectomy&#44; since the thickness of inflamed synovium will differ from joint to joint and from patient to patient&#46; In a large joint with thick synovial membrane&#44; for example&#44; deep penetration of the beta particles is desirable in order to sufficiently treat the inflamed tissue&#46; In small joints with thin synovial membrane&#44; this penetration represents an unnecessary radiation hazard to other normal structures around the joint&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">For example&#44; for an arthritic knee&#44; with thick synovium&#44; the suited radionuclides to deliver a therapeutic dose in the synovial depth are <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re&#46; An average administered activity of 185MBq of <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y delivers a radiation absorbed dose of 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class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span> Sm to obtain the &#8220;<span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y dose equivalent&#8221; into the synovial membrane of an arthritics wrist &#40;0&#46;1mm thickness of the synovial membrane and 50cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span> of synovium area&#41;</p><a name="tbl6" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Radionuclide</td><td>X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span></td><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-value Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq</td><td>Absorbed dose &#40;Gy&#41;</td><td>Administered activity &#40;MBq&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu</td><td>1&#46;3</td><td>0&#46;084</td><td>130</td><td>6&#46;7</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm</td><td>1&#46;6</td><td>0&#46;074</td><td>130</td><td>26&#46;1</td></tr></table><p class="elsevierStylePara">Both <span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu and 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7&#46; Values of activity administered of <span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm to obtain the &#8220;<span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er dose equivalent&#8221; in the synovial membrane of an arthritics small joint &#40;0&#46;1mm thickness of synovial lining cells and 10cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span> of synovium area&#41;</p><a name="tbl7" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"></p><table><tr align="left"><td>Radionuclide</td><td>X<span class="elsevierStyleInf">90</span></td><td><span class="elsevierStyleItalic">S</span>-value Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq</td><td>Absorbed dose &#40;Gy&#41;</td><td>Administered activity &#40;MBq&#41;</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er</td><td>0&#46;2</td><td>0&#46;295</td><td>958</td><td>10</td></tr><tr align="left"><td><span 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class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">figura 1</a>&#41;&#46; Having selected the appropriated radionuclide&#44; these curves can then be used by the clinician to predict the amount of activity required to deliver sufficient dose to a given synovial depth&#46;</p><a name="fig1" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"><img src="125v28n04-13140119fig1.jpg" alt="Absorbed doses profiles &#40;Gy&#42;cm&#60;sup&#62;2&#60;&#47;sup&#62;&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; as a function of distance into the diseased synovium&#46;"></img></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Fig&#46; 1&#46; Absorbed doses profiles &#40;Gy&#42;cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; as a function of distance into the diseased synovium&#46;</p><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Articular cartilage</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">The presence of the healthy articular cartilage in the arthritic joint limits the prescribed treatment activity&#46; The question of harmful effect of &#946; radiation in the articular cartilage has always been a subject of debate&#46; According to Johnson et al<a href="&#35;bib9" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a>&#44; for a cartilage thickness of 2mm&#46; a dose of 1Gy is reached at a depth of 1&#46;5mm in the adjoining bone with 185MBq of <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#46; Thus&#44; the &#946; radiation induces no systemic effect&#46; Absorbed doses profiles in the articular cartilage versus distance are presented in <a href="&#35;fig2" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs">figura 2</a>&#46;</p><a name="fig2" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"></a><p class="elsevierStylePara"><img src="125v28n04-13140119fig2.jpg" alt="Absorbed doses profiles &#40;Gy&#42;cm&#60;sup&#62;2&#60;&#47;sup&#62;&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; as a function of distance into the articular cartilage&#46;"></img></p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Fig&#46; 2&#46; Absorbed doses profiles &#40;Gy&#42;cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; as a function of distance into the articular cartilage&#46;</p><p class="elsevierStylePara">Results presented in this paper are in agreement whit those found in the references <a href="&#35;bib9" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib10" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib11" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib17" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib18" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a>&#46;</p><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conclusions</span><p class="elsevierStylePara">In RSV&#44; the radionuclide choice is critical since the synovial thickness of different joints in the human body &#40;e&#46;g&#46;&#44; finger&#44; wrist&#44; knee&#44; etc&#46;&#41; vary substantially&#46; Also&#44; joints at different stages of the disease show different degrees of swelling and may also call for a beta emitter of different penetration&#46; Each patient should have a MRI study prior to RSV in order to determine the tissue volume and to select the appropriated dose and radionuclides to be used&#44; eliminating the practice of fixed radionuclides and doses for the treatment of different kind of joints&#44; methodology applied in many clinics in Europe<a href="&#35;bib19" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a><span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#44;</span><a href="&#35;bib20" class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a>&#46; The selection of the radionuclide for the treatment will depend on the thickness of the synovium to be treated and the proximity of the non target organs to the joint &#40;bone and articular cartilage&#41;&#46; Values here presented can be a useful tool to prescribe adequate quantities of new radionuclides for RSV&#46; Additionally&#44; provide information about the radiation damage to articular cartilage&#46;</p>"
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        "resumen" => "<p class="elsevierStylePara">El principal objetivo de este trabajo fue obtener los perfiles de dosis para los radion&#250;clidos de uso frecuente en radiosinoviortesis&#46; Estos perfiles revelan la dosis absorbida impartida por unidad de actividad del radion&#250;clido inyectado &#40;Gy&#47;h&#42;MBq&#41; en la membrana sinovial y el cart&#237;lago articular&#46; Los radion&#250;clidos seleccionados fueron <span class="elsevierStyleSup">32</span>P&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">90</span>Y&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">188</span>Re&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">177</span>Lu&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleSup">153</span>Sm and <span class="elsevierStyleSup">169</span>Er&#46; Tambi&#233;n fue calculado el rango terap&#233;utico de cada radion&#250;clido en el tejido sinovial&#46; Este rango determina el grosor synovial que puede ser irradiado suficientemente y por lo tanto&#44; tratado con &#233;xito&#46; Los valores S para la membrana sinovial y el cart&#237;lago articular fueron calculados usando como modelo un cilindro con la fuente distribuida uniformemente en su volumen&#46; La membrana sinovial fue simulada variando el radio del cilindro &#40;rango 0&#46;5cm&#8211;9cm&#41; y su altura &#40;rango 0&#46;01cm&#8211;0&#46;04cm&#41;&#46; La variaci&#243;n del radio del cilindro representa varios tama&#241;os de superficie sinovial &#40;articulaciones peque&#241;as&#44; medianas y grandes&#41;&#44; y se define como el &#225;rea de la base del cilindro&#59; la variaci&#243;n de la altura&#44; representa diferentes estados de progresi&#243;n de la artritis reumatoide&#46; El mismo modelo fue empleado para la simulaci&#243;n del cart&#237;lago articular&#44; pero la fuente fue uniformemente distribuida dentro de una capa cil&#237;ndrica &#40;0&#46;01cm&#41; y 1cm de radio&#46; Los resultados obtenidos permiten la estimaci&#243;n de la dosis que ser&#225; entregada a la membrana sinovial y el cart&#237;lago articular para diferentes tama&#241;os de articulaci&#243;n y diferentes estados de progresi&#243;n de la artritis reum&#225;tica&#46;</p>"
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