Patient Dose Rates

["Rima, Steven D" <SDRIMA@saix367.sandia.gov>]

     I have been asked to calculate the external (gamma) dose rate from 
     patients following a wide variety of nuclear medicine procedures. 
     While there is a large amount of data, and methodology, to calculate 
     organ and/or patient doses, I cannot find much data about the dose 
     rate from them that others might be exposed to. (There is some limited 
     data in NCRP 37, but it considers everything as a point source and 
     neglects attenuation within the patient's body.)
     
     Has anyone done actual dose rate measurements on patients after 
     nuclear medicine procedures? Is this data readily available anywhere?
     
     
     
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