title: Characterization of an in vivo thyroid 131I monitoring system using an imaging plate.
abstract: The effects of neck diameter, thyroid volume, and prethyroid tissue thickness on a count-activity conversion coefficient and the detection limit of a thyroid 131I monitoring system with an imaging plate (IP) were estimated by using an anthropomorphic thyroid-neck phantom. The conversion coefficient and detection limit of the IP system was approximately constant for normal Japanese adults regardless of their neck diameters, thyroid volumes, and prethyroid tissue thicknesses. The IP system is a new option for thyroid 131I monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Human Informatics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saze
authors.forename: Kunihide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D009333:Neck / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes