Measurement of activity in anthropomorphic organ phantoms.
Health Phys
; 64(3): 311-7, 1993 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
This paper describes two nondestructive measurement techniques for determining the radioactivity in a homogeneous organ phantom with an acceptable error and the capability of being traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These two techniques are based on a method developed by Robley D. Evans in 1937 for measuring the amount of radium deposited in a living person. There are two significant improvements in the new techniques 1) the radially-dependent error is eliminated, and 2) the effect of self absorption in the unknown body is measured and taken into account. The first assay method is a single-source technique involving four measurements and requiring only one standard source, the second one is a double-source technique involving six measurements and requiring two unequal standard sources. Three pairs of lung phantoms radiolabeled with 241Am, 137Cs, and 154Eu were measured with both the single- and double-source techniques. The results imply that the self-attenuation of photons within the organ phantom cannot be neglected, especially at low energies. Finally, potential applications (other than the calibration of bioassay phantoms of the single- and double-source techniques) and their limitations are discussed.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Radioatividade
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Vísceras
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Modelos Estruturais
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1993
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Article