Radiation Exposure Levels in Diagnostic Patients Injected with 99mTc, 67Ga and 131I at the Mexican National Institute of Cancerology Nuclear Medicine Department
- Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, 14080, D.F. (Mexico)
- Instituto de Fisica, UNAM, A.P. 20-364, 01000 D.F. (Mexico)
According to the Mexican Radiation Safety regulations for patients treated in a nuclear medicine service, the exposure rate limit at 1 m from the patients is 5 mR/h before leaving the hospital. Three groups of patients have been monitored after: a) whole body bone studies with 740 MBq of 99mTc-MDP (207 patients); b) infection studies after i.v. administration of 185 MBq of 67Ga (207 patients); and c) thyroid studies with 185 MBq of 131I (142 patients). The results indicated that the average exposure rate levels in each group were: a) 0.57 {+-} 0.17 mR/h, b) 0.47 {+-} 0.20 mR/h, and c) 0.86 {+-} 0.14 mR/h. This study has shown that the Nuclear Medicine Department at INCAN complies with the NOM-013-NUCL-1995 Mexican regulation.
- OSTI ID:
- 20888205
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 854, Issue 1; Conference: 9. Mexican symposium on medical physics, Guadalajara, Jal. (Mexico), 18-21 Mar 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2356458; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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