title: A tele-injector for large doses of radionuclides in diagnostics and therapy.
abstract: The risks and the inconveniences of the oral administration of radionuclides for therapeutic purposes are examined. A remotely operated injector which permits the direct injection of the radioactive dose from the sealed bottle to the vein of the patient to lower the exposure dose to the operator is illustrated. The tele-injector can be also used each time a large dose of radioactive substance needs to be injected for diagnostic purposes, or if subdivision of the mother solution into other sterilised bottles is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Sciences and Technologies Dept. (STB), University of L'Aquila, Italy. taraglio@casaccia.enea.it
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baschieri
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals