Assessment of radiation exposure of nuclear medicine staff using personal TLD dosimeters and charcoal detectors

  1. Jiménez Barredo, Fernando
Aktak:
Second European IRPA congress on radiation protection - Radiation protection: from knowledge to action

Argitalpen urtea: 2007

Orrialdeak: 6

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Although the main concern regarding exposure to ionizing radiation for nuclear medicine workers is external radiation, inhalation of radionuclides can significantly contribute to the imparted doses. We propose a new approach to assess exposure to inhalation of {sup 131}I based on passive monitoring using activated charcoal detectors. We compared the inhalation doses to the staff of a nuclear medicine department, based on the measurements derived from charcoal detectors placed at various locations, and the external doses monitored using personal TLD dosimeters. (authors)