Published 1981 | Version v1
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In vivo measurements of actinide contamination in the lung: a correction for skeletal interference

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An in vivo method has been developed that can be used to estimate the amount of a bone-seeking actinide associated with the thoracic skeleton; NaI(Tl-Cs(Tl) scintillation measurements of activity deposited in the skull are used. From this estimate, it is possible to account for the contribution of a radionuclide so deposited to the count-rate that may be obtained over the lung area (anterior thorax). The measurement procedure proposed will thereby allow for more accurate determinations of both the lung and the skeletal burdens

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Publishing Information

Publisher
RD Press.
Imprint Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Imprint Title
Actinides in man and animals
Journal Page Range
p. 93-102.

Conference

Title
Workshop on measurement and interpretation of actinide accumulation by man.
Dates
14 - 18 Oct 1979.
Place
Snowbird, UT, USA.

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13668682
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
AMERICIUM 241; APES; BONE SEEKERS; CESIUM IODIDES; COUNTING RATES; LUNGS; NAI DETECTORS; PHANTOMS; RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SKELETON; SKULL; VERTEBRAE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; ANIMALS; BODY; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOCKUP; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; PHOSPHORS; PRIMATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES