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Table 2 Absorbed dosea (Gy) to the nucleus of a single cell for different distributions of 177Lu and 161Tb

From: Radiation doses from 161Tb and 177Lu in single tumour cells and micrometastases

 

Cell surface

Intracytoplasmic

Whole cell

Intranuclear

177Lu

1.9

3.0

5.8

10.7

161Tb

5.0

8.3

19.5

38.6

Enhancement factor 161Tb/177Lu

2.6

2.8

3.4

3.6

  1. aThe absorbed doses computed with CELLDOSE correspond to a total electron energy release of 1436 MeV from one of the specific regions of interest of a cell of 14 μm diameter and 10 μm diameter nucleus