Finger doses for staff handling radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine

GS Pant, SK Sharma, GK Rath - Journal of nuclear medicine …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radiation doses to the fingers of occupational workers handling 99mTc-labeled compounds
and 131I for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in nuclear medicine were measured by …

Performance of a device to minimise radiation dose to the hands during radioactive syringe calibration

O Lindner, F Busch, W Burchert - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine …, 2003 - Springer
The preparation of syringes for routine applications in nuclear medicine, and in particular the
calibration procedure, is associated with high radiation exposure to the hands. To reduce …

Increasing radiation from sentinel node specimens in pathology over time

AA Renshaw, R Kish, EW Gould - American journal of clinical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Previous studies have recommended no special precautions for radiation when handling
sentinel node specimens in the pathology laboratory. We reviewed 7 years of data …

A novel device for automatic withdrawal and accurate calibration of 99m-technetium radiopharmaceuticals to minimise radiation exposure to nuclear medicine staff …

M Nazififard, S Mahdizadeh… - Radiation protection …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract A Joint Automatic Dispenser Equipment (JADE) has been designed and fabricated
for automatic withdrawal and calibration of radiopharmaceutical materials. The …

Measurement of doses to the extremities of nuclear medicine staff

HA Shousha, H Farag, RA Hassan - Radiation Effects & Defects in …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Medical uses of ionizing radiation now represent> 95% of all man-made radiation exposure,
and is the largest single radiation source after natural background radiation. Therefore, it is …

[PDF][PDF] Measurements of Fingers Doses to Nuclear Medicine Staff

SHA Allehyani, RA Hassan - International Journal of Science and …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Background: For some occupationally radiation exposed groups, the hands are more
heavily exposed to ionizing radiation than the rest of the body. Method: In this study, finger …

The influence of flood source placement on radiation exposure during quality control testing.

MJ Rudin, WH Johnson - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
This study examined the photon energy distribution and exposure rate from a 250-MBq
57Co flood source during quality control (QC) procedures as a function of source placement …