Re: thyroid phantoms/sources

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

Well, which phantom do you want? You can get the ANSI Standard Thyroid Neck
Phantom, and the polyethylene bottles that are the "thyroids" from (among
other places) Biodex Medical Systems (formerly Atomic Products) at
516-924-9000. Isotope Products Labs would be glad to make a custom standard
(which, I assume, is what you mean by "source"), to meet your
specifications, I'm sure: 818-843-7000. I don't know of any routinely
manufactured "thyroids". The ANSI phantom costs about US$300. The Alderson
equivalent would be ten times as much.

chris alston
alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu

At 01:10  05/01/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone have suggestions/recommendations on obtaining thyroid
>phantoms (and sources) for Iodine bioassays?  (e.g., suppliers, models,
>etc...).  They don't seem to show up in the catalogs I have available.
>
>While we are initially interested in I-125, we may eventually be
>interested in I-131 and I-123.  So we'd like to keep that in mind in
>making a decision.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Wes
>
>
>
>Wesley M. Dunn, CHP, Director, Environmental Health & Safety
>International Isotopes, Inc.
>3100 Jim Christal Road
>Denton, Texas  76207
>Wdunn@intiso.com <mailto:Wdunn@intiso.com>
>Corporate Website:  http://www.intiso.com
>940-484-9492; 940-484-0877 (fax)
>
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