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21196466

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
In a situation when radionuclides accidentally or deliberately are dispersed in the environment, there is a need for rapid investigation of the internal contamination in exposed individuals. In this work, the possibilities of visualising and quantifying uptakes of different radionuclides in the lung region of an adult individual using gamma camera systems have been examined, mainly on a two-headed stationary clinical gamma camera. An anthropomorphic phantom was used to mimic acute lung uptakes in three different body sizes. The gamma camera was calibrated with the lung inserts filled with a homogeneous solution of ??Tc(m), ??Sc and ³²P, or with point sources of ²?¹Am, ??Co, ??Sr, ¹³?Cs and ??Sr/??Y. It was found that for the stationary gamma camera the minimum detectable activity in the lungs using a 5-min acquisition time ranged from 0.53 kBq for ??Sc to 50 kBq for ³²P. Furthermore, the point sources of ¹³?Cs, ??Co and ??Sr/??Y (0.16, 0.80 and 2.2 MBq, respectively) located in the lung insert of the phantom, could be clearly visualised, exhibiting distinct intensity maxima. It is thus concluded that gamma camera systems can be useful for rapid assessment of acute intakes of radionuclides associated with emergency preparedness, both in terms of localisation and quantification.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1742-3406
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
341-50
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Visualisation and quantification of lung content of radionuclides associated with nuclear and radiological emergencies.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SUS Malmö, SE-20502 Malmö. mats.hansson@med.lu.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't