A real-time positron monitor for the estimation of stack effluent releases from PET medical cyclotron facilities.
Appl Radiat Isot
; 57(6): 899-905, 2002 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-12406635
Large activities of short-lived positron emitting radiopharmaceuticals are routinely manufactured by modern Medical Cyclotron facilities for positron emission tomography (PET) applications. During radiochemical processing, a substantial fraction of the volatile positron emitting radiopharmaceuticals are released into the atmosphere. An inexpensive, fast response positron detector using a simple positron-annihilation chamber has been developed for real-time assessment of the stack release of positron emitting effluents at the Australian National Medical Cyclotron. The positron detector was calibrated by using a 3.0 ml (1.50 MBq) aliquot of 18FDG and interfaced to an industrial standard datalogger for the real-time acquisition of stack release data.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tomografía Computarizada de Emisión
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Ciclotrones
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Contaminantes Radiactivos del Aire
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Radiat Isot
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA NUCLEAR
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SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido