Measurements of high level of iodine activity in thyroid with different radiation meters

• Authors: Jakub Ośko , Natalia Golnik , Tomasz Pliszczyński , Renata Sosnowiec , Marianna Umaniec , Mieczysław Zielczyński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Iodine activity in thyroid of female patient was measured with different radiation meters in order to estimate a possibility to use them in case of radiation accident. Two series of measurements were performed - first after diagnostic and second after therapeutic administration of iodine to the patient. The isotope activities were higher than those registered during routine radiation monitoring and similar to the activities which could be registered after radiation accident. The studies showed that simple dose rate meters may serve for identification and selection of contaminated persons which should be later subjected to the measurements with especially dedicated equipment. The initial measurements can be performed outside laboratory.

Keywords

EN

radioiodine; nuclear medicine; radiation protection

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-6

Dates

published

1 - 03 - 2012

online

26 - 02 - 2013

Contributors

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Jakub Ośko

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

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Natalia Golnik

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

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Tomasz Pliszczyński

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

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Renata Sosnowiec

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

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Marianna Umaniec

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

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Mieczysław Zielczyński

• National Centre for Nuclear Research, Otwock-Świerk, Sołtana 7, Poland

References

• [1] Council of Ministers of 18 January 2005 on the radiation dose limits (Dz. U. nr 20, poz. 168)
• [2] J. Ośko, N. Golnik, K. Ciszewska, Internal dosimetry at the Institute of Atomic Energy POLATOM in Poland, Third European IRPA Congress, June 14-18, 2011 Helsinki, Finland - Proceedings, p. 1436-1441 (2011)
• [3] J. Ośko, Spectrometric measurements of the radioactive isotopes uptake in thyroid, PhD’s thesis, Warsaw Technical University, Faculty of Mechatronics, 2008, Polish
• [4] L. Krolicki, Nuclear Medicine, Fundacja im. L. Rydygiera, 1996, in Polish
• [5] Ośko J., Golnik N., Pliszczyński T. Spectrometric measurements of iodine and technetium activity in thyroid, NUCL INSTRUM METH A, 580 (578-581), 2007
• [6] ISO FDIS 27048:2010 Radiation protection - Dose assessment for the monitoring of workers for internal radiation exposure

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10013-012-0001-3