Published July 2001
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Journal article
Estimation of thyroid mass in grave's disease
- 1. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (India)
- 2. Dept. of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (India)
Description
The treatment of hyperthyroidism with 131I is well accepted, effective and a popular method. The most important part of treatment procedure is the delivery of accurate dose to the target volume. Three important parameters that need to be measured for dosimetry are; the 24 hr thyroid uptake (%), the thyroid mass and effective half life of 131I in the gland. In this standardisation of a scintigraphic method to estimate thyroid mass using thyroid phantoms of graded volumes fabricated locally is given. The technique was then used for estimating thyroid size in patients with Grave's disease
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Medical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 133-134
- CODEN
- JMPHFE
Conference
- Title
- international conference on medical physics and radiation safety; 22. annual conference on medical physics
- Acronym
- ICMP-2KI
- Dates
- 26-29 Nov 2001
- Place
- Mumbai (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 34021597
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- IODINE 131; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; THYROID; ULTRASONOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOSIMETRY; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GLANDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY
Optional Information
- Notes
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