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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
In radiation synovectomy about 10 GBq 165Dy-ferric hydroxide is injected into major joints. Measurements of the dose rates were performed at distances of 5 cm, 0.5 m, 1 m and 2 m from the surface of the treated joints (knees) until 200 min after the application in 16 patients in order to estimate the radiation exposure of persons in the neighbourhood of the patients. The highest doses were estimated for the fingers of the technologist (320 microSv) and for the physician (700 microSv). Special shields for the syringes were constructed for dose reduction. The whole-body doses were 103 microSv for the technologist and 40 microSv for the physician. After the discharge of the patient to a ward or home, other persons at 1 m distance from the patient might receive 88 microSv, which is less than 9% of the annual permissible dose. Our results clearly demonstrate that the calculated radiation exposure to personnel and family members is well below the maximum annual dose limit for non-professionally exposed persons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0143-3636
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
79-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiation exposure from patients treated with 165Dy-ferric hydroxide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, University of Vienna, Austria. e.havlik@bmtp.akh-wien.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article