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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2021.15.7.943

Surface Dose Evaluation According to the Environment Around the Patient after Nuclear Medicine Examination  

Lee, Young-Hee (Department of Nursing, Dongnam Health University)
Park, Jae-Yoon (Department of Radiology, Uijeongbu Eulji medical center, Eulji University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.15, no.7, 2021 , pp. 943-948 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in surface dose due to increased scattering of gamma rays from patients injected with 99mTc and 18F, which are radioactive isotopes, in close contact with materials with high atomic number such as the walls of the stable room. Prepare 99mTc and 18F by injecting 20 and 10 mCi respectively into the NEMA phantom, and then measuring the surface dose for 60 minutes by positioning the phantom at a height of 1 m above the surface, at a distance of 0, 5 and 10 cm from the wall, and at the same location as the phantom facing the wall. Each experiment was repeated five times for reproducibility of the experiment and one way analysis of variability (ANOVA) was performed for significance testing and Tukey was used as a post-test. The study found that surface doses of 220.268, 287.121, 243.957, and 226.272 mGy were measured at 99mTc, respectively, in the case of empty space and in the case of 0, 5 and 10 cm, while those of 18F were measured at 637.111, 724.469, 657.107, and 640.365 mGy, respectively. In order to reduce changes in surface dose depending on the patient's location while waiting, it is necessary to keep the distance from the ground or the wall where the patient is closely adhered to, or install an air mattress, etc., to prevent the scattered lines as much as possible, considering the scattered lines due to the wall etc. in future setup of the patient waiting room and safety room, and in addition to the examination, the external skin width may be reduced.
Keywords
Nuclear medicine; $^{99m}Tc$; Scattering ray; OSLD Nano Dot;
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