Estimation of lens dose of radioactive isotopes using ED3
Creators
- 1. Chosun University, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
- 2. Gwangju Health University, Gwangju (Korea, Republic of)
- 3. Dongshin University Graduate School, Naju (Korea, Republic of)
- 4. Asan Medical Center, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
Description
It is suggested that the dose limit recommended in the Enforcement Decree of Korea's Nuclear Safety Act should not exceed 150 mSv per year for radiation workers. Recently, however, ICRP 118 report has suggested that the threshold dose of the lens should be reduced to 0.2⁓0.5 Gy and the mean dose should not exceed 50 mSv per year for an average of 20 mSv over 5 years. Based on these contents, '1'2'3I, '9'9mTc, and '1'8F-FDG, which are radioisotope drugs that are used directly by radiation workers in the nuclear medicine department in Korea are expected to receive a large dose of radiation in the lens in distribution and injection jobs to administer them to patients. The ED3 Active Extremity Dosimeter was used to measure the dose of the lens in the nuclear medicine and radiation workers and how much of the dose was received per 1 mCi
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Radiation Industry
- Journal Volume
- 11
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- 11 refs, 4 figs, 8 tabs
- Journal Page Range
- p. 19-25
- ISSN
- 1976-2402
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Korea, Republic of
- Country of Input or Organization
- Korea, Republic of
- INIS RN
- 48085839
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Descriptors DEI
- DOSE LIMITS; DOSEMETERS; DRUGS; LENSES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PATIENTS; PERSONNEL; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOISOTOPES
- Descriptors DEC
- DOSES; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEDICINE; SAFETY STANDARDS; STANDARDS