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ReviewFrontiers in nuclear medicine2024

Activity quantification and dosimetry in radiopharmaceutical therapy with reference to

Keamogetswe Ramonaheng, Milani Qebetu, Honest Ndlovu, Cecile Swanepoel, Liani Smith, Sipho Mdanda, Amanda Mdlophane, Mike Sathekge

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Review in Frontiers in nuclear medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Comparative Dosimetry of Single and HybridDiseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Comparative Study of NOTA-Derived Chelators: Synthesis, AlInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Future of radiotheranostics.BMJ oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Keamogetswe RamonahengDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Milani QebetuDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Honest NdlovuDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Cecile SwanepoelDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Liani SmithDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Sipho MdandaDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Amanda MdlophaneDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.
Mike SathekgeDepartment of Medical Physics and Radiobiology, Nuclear Medicine Research, Infrastructure (NuMeRI) NPC, Pretoria, South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiopharmaceutical therapy has been widely adopted owing primarily to the development of novel radiopharmaceuticals. To fully utilize the potential of these RPTs in the era of precision medicine, therapy must be optimized to the patient's tumor characteristics. The vastly disparate dosimetry methodologies need to be harmonized as the first step towards this. Multiple factors play a crucial role in the shift from empirical activity administration to patient-specific dosimetry-based administrations from RPT. Factors such as variable responses seen in patients with presumably similar clinical characteristics underscore the need to standardize and validate dosimetry calculations. These efforts combined with ongoing initiatives to streamline the dosimetry process facilitate the implementation of radiomolecular precision oncology. However, various challenges hinder the widespread adoption of personalized dosimetry-based activity administration, particularly when compared to the more convenient and resource-efficient approach of empiric activity administration. This review outlines the fundamental principles, procedures, and methodologies related to image activity quantification and dosimetry with a specific focus on

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177Lutetiumabsorbed doseactivity quantificationpatient-specific dosimetryPETradiopharmaceutical therapySPECTtheranostics

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PMID39355215
PMCPMC11440950

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