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ArticleZeitschrift fur medizinische Physik2025

Radiation-induced double-strand breaks by internal ex vivo irradiation of lymphocytes: Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation model using GATE and Geant4-DNA.

Maikol Salas-Ramirez, Lydia Maigne, Giovanna Fois, Harry Scherthan, Michael Lassmann, Uta Eberlein

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Article in Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Maikol Salas-RamirezDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. Electronic address: E_Salas_M@ukw.de.
Lydia MaigneLaboratoire de Physique de Clermont, University of Clermont Auvergne, Clermont, France.
Giovanna FoisLaboratoire de Physique de Clermont, University of Clermont Auvergne, Clermont, France.
Harry ScherthanBundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Munich, Germany.
Michael LassmannDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Uta EberleinDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

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Abstract

This study describes a method to validate a radiation transport model that quantifies the number of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) produced in the lymphocyte nucleus by internal ex vivo irradiation of whole blood with the radionuclides

methodsThe simulation at the macroscopic level reproduces an 8 mL cylindrical water-equivalent medium contained in a vial that mimics the geometry for internal ex vivo blood irradiation. The lymphocytes were simulated as spheres of 3.75 µm radius randomly distributed, with a concentration of 125 spheres/mL. A phase-space actor was attached to each sphere to register all the entering particles. The simulation at the microscopic level for each radionuclide was performed using the Geant4-DNA tool kit, which includes the clustering example centered on a density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) algorithm. The irradiation source was constructed by generating a single phase space from the sum of all phase spaces. The lymphocyte nucleus was defined as a water sphere of a 3.1 µm radius. The absorbed dose coefficients for lymphocyte nuclei (d

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conclusionThis study describes a model to simulate the DNA DSB damage in lymphocyte nuclei validated by experimental data obtained from internal ex vivo blood irradiation with radionuclides frequently used in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in nuclear medicine.

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DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedLymphocytesComputer SimulationHumansMonte Carlo MethodRadioisotopesRadioisotopesBlood dosimetryDNA damageGATEGeant4-DNAMonte Carlo simulation

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PMID37599196
PMCPMC12664439

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