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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lutetium-177m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Lu-177m
Atomic number (Z):  71
Mass number (A):  177
Neutron number (N):  106

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-, Internal transition
Half-life:  160.4 [d]
Decay constant:  5.0016e-08 [1/s]
Daughters:  Lu-177 (21.7%), Hf-177 (78.3%)
Radioactive daughters:  Lu-177

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.26872 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.00048 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.774e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.774e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp4.305e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-4.305e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.603e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Dose point kernels (plot)

Dose point kernel source:  Graves, et al. Medical Physics. 2019 Nov.; 46(11):5284-5293.

Note: Bins are spaced every 0.1 mm until a radius of 10 cm, and every 1 mm until a radius of 2 m.

Download tabulated dose point kernel file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Lu-177m DPK.csv

Summary spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Lu-177m Summary Spectrum.csv

Beta spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated beta spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Lu-177m Beta Spectrum.csv

 

Tabulated data

Summary spectra (table)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Note: Radiations with yield < 0.01 are excluded from the table, but are available in the linked *.csv data.

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Lu-177m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.40273e-05

3.743e+00

X-ray

1.94170e-05

1.566e+01

X-ray

1.57085e-03

1.031e-02

X-ray

1.63795e-03

4.751e-02

X-ray

6.98230e-03

1.133e-02

X-ray

7.64541e-03

3.441e-02

X-ray

7.83282e-03

1.876e-02

X-ray

7.88959e-03

1.655e-01

X-ray

8.72221e-03

3.144e-02

X-ray

9.03750e-03

1.203e-01

X-ray

9.34358e-03

2.876e-02

X-ray

1.05374e-02

2.189e-02

X-ray

5.30692e-02

5.228e-02

X-ray

5.41988e-02

9.181e-02

X-ray

5.47191e-02

3.360e-01

X-ray

5.51500e-02

1.782e-02

Gamma

5.59237e-02

5.879e-01

X-ray

6.14258e-02

1.880e-02

X-ray

6.31238e-02

6.259e-02

X-ray

6.33831e-02

1.210e-01

X-ray

6.50467e-02

1.408e-02

X-ray

6.51064e-02

2.725e-02

X-ray

1.05360e-01

1.234e-01

Gamma

1.12950e-01

2.041e-01

Gamma

1.21621e-01

5.915e-02

Gamma

1.28503e-01

1.553e-01

Gamma

1.36725e-01

1.397e-02

Gamma

1.47164e-01

3.510e-02

Gamma

1.53284e-01

1.692e-01

Gamma

1.71858e-01

4.809e-02

Gamma

1.74399e-01

1.261e-01

Gamma

1.77001e-01

3.432e-02

Gamma

2.04105e-01

1.385e-01

Gamma

2.08366e-01

5.768e-01

Gamma

2.14434e-01

6.593e-02

Gamma

2.18104e-01

3.282e-02

Gamma

2.28484e-01

3.697e-01

Gamma

2.33861e-01

5.576e-02

Gamma

2.49674e-01

6.142e-02

Gamma

2.68785e-01

3.426e-02

Gamma

2.81787e-01

1.415e-01

Gamma

2.91420e-01

1.018e-02

Gamma

2.96458e-01

5.076e-02

Gamma

2.99051e-01

1.800e-02

Gamma

3.05503e-01

1.818e-02

Gamma

3.13725e-01

1.258e-02

Gamma

3.19021e-01

1.046e-01

Gamma

3.21316e-01

1.204e-02

Gamma

3.27683e-01

1.806e-01

Gamma

3.41643e-01

1.686e-02

Gamma

3.67418e-01

3.150e-02

Gamma

3.78503e-01

2.975e-01

Gamma

3.85030e-01

3.131e-02

Gamma

4.13664e-01

1.737e-01

Gamma

4.18539e-01

2.126e-01

Gamma

4.65842e-01

2.348e-02

Gamma

4.06790e-02

7.830e-01

Beta

9.88034e-06

3.253e-01

Auger electron

1.07975e-05

1.361e+00

Auger electron

2.16353e-05

4.606e-01

Auger electron

2.44610e-05

1.932e+00

Auger electron

1.56564e-04

1.338e+00

Auger electron

1.59822e-04

5.455e+00

Auger electron

2.63940e-04

4.073e-02

Auger electron

2.70469e-04

2.419e-01

Auger electron

2.82454e-04

1.715e-01

Auger electron

3.02162e-04

9.161e-01

Auger electron

6.23652e-04

2.218e-01

Auger electron

6.48542e-04

4.453e-02

Auger electron

1.31235e-03

5.605e-01

Auger electron

1.36424e-03

2.383e+00

Auger electron

1.48894e-03

2.705e-02

Auger electron

1.54215e-03

1.254e-01

Auger electron

6.02814e-03

1.829e-01

Auger electron

6.16813e-03

7.736e-01

Auger electron

7.58403e-03

6.691e-02

Auger electron

7.78777e-03

2.870e-01

Auger electron

9.43747e-03

2.685e-02

Auger electron

3.98775e-02

3.385e-01

Conversion electron

4.45280e-02

3.726e-02

Auger electron

4.74678e-02

1.649e-01

Conversion electron

5.24262e-02

1.354e-02

Conversion electron

5.31026e-02

1.929e-02

Auger electron

5.81790e-02

9.172e-02

Conversion electron

6.30210e-02

2.414e-01

Conversion electron

8.37220e-02

3.175e-02

Conversion electron

8.78023e-02

1.622e-01

Conversion electron

9.41145e-02

4.751e-02

Conversion electron

9.45965e-02

1.515e-02

Conversion electron

9.58012e-02

1.052e-02

Conversion electron

1.01705e-01

1.763e-02

Conversion electron

1.02187e-01

1.108e-01

Conversion electron

1.03261e-01

1.707e-02

Conversion electron

1.03392e-01

9.784e-02

Conversion electron

1.05495e-01

7.916e-02

Conversion electron

1.06625e-01

6.155e-02

Conversion electron

1.08416e-01

2.756e-02

Conversion electron

1.08917e-01

8.468e-02

Conversion electron

1.10776e-01

1.252e-02

Conversion electron

1.10851e-01

5.649e-02

Conversion electron

1.12950e-01

1.536e-02

Conversion electron

1.13852e-01

3.767e-02

Conversion electron

1.15868e-01

1.017e-02

Conversion electron

1.17258e-01

3.388e-02

Conversion electron

1.26404e-01

1.113e-02

Conversion electron

1.38623e-01

5.985e-02

Conversion electron

1.42039e-01

2.284e-02

Conversion electron

1.42884e-01

3.131e-02

Conversion electron

1.48952e-01

2.518e-02

Conversion electron

1.54662e-01

1.004e-02

Conversion electron

1.63002e-01

4.261e-02

Conversion electron

1.63154e-01

1.188e-02

Conversion electron

 

Useful Links

Isotope decay characteristics are periodically updated as better measurements can be made - changes that may not be reflected on this page. Please see useful links:

National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC):  https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat3/mird/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Livechart:  https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Reference Links

ICRP Report 107: https://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20107

Graves et al. Dose Point Kernels: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13789

MIRD Decay Schemes 2nd Edition: https://sites.snmmi.org/SNMMI-MAIN/iCore/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=0-932004-80-6

 

 

 

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