Measuring an 'active person' with the HMLs emergency response instruments.
The Human Monitoring Laboratory has had a unique opportunity to measure two volunteers who had received (99m)Tc-labelled compounds for routine medical diagnosis to check the performance of its emergency monitoring equipment. The fixed and portable whole-body counters, some hand-held monitors and portal monitors were all used to measure the 'radioactive' persons. This study validated the current emergency calibrations that are being used, and has shown areas for improvement for equipment deployment that had not been previously anticipated. The results obtained suggest, for one individual at least, that the biokinetic model for (99m)Tc-methyl diphosphonate was not a good predictor of that person's metabolism.
Health Canada, National Internal Radiation Assessment Section, 775 Brookfield Road, PL6302D, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 1C1. gary.h.kramer@hc-sc.gc.ca
Gary H
GH
Kramer
Barry M
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Hauck
D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002138:Calibration; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013667:Technetium / Q000032:analysis*; D014915:Whole-Body Counting / Q000379:methods
D013667:Technetium