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Re: (extremity dose)
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology Vol 9, No.2 pg 91-98 "Fingertip
and Whole Body Exposure to Nuclear Medicine Personnel" by George Lis, Said
M. Zu'bi and Suresh M. Brahmavar is an interesting paper on fingertip
exposure.
Although the paper itself is 20 years old, the models seem pretty relevant
today. The authors suggest that the fingertip dose is 6 to 9 times the ring
dose. For those concerned with extremity doses, this paper may be
considered quite useful. The calculations and measurements of unshielded
Tc-99m doses based on volume alone could save one much effort in dose
reconstruction situations.
Dan Kane
dankane@mindspring.com
www.medphysics.com
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