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Retention and skeletal dosimetry of injected /sup 226/Ra, /sup 228/Ra, and /sup 90/Sr in beagles

Journal Article · · Radiat. Res.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3574396· OSTI ID:7362326

Total-body retention has been determined by in vivo counting in beagles injected with /sup 226/Ra (125 dogs), or /sup 228/Ra (78 dogs), or /sup 90/Sr (96 dogs). The radionuclides were administered intravenously in a citrate buffer solution when the animals were about 1.4 years of age. Retention measurements now extend to more than 14 years after injection; therefore, future revision of these retention equations appears unlikely since the median lifespan in our control beagles is about 12.7 years. Dogs injected with about 10 ..mu..Ci /sup 226/Ra/kg had a higher long-term retention than those receiving 0.04 to about 4 ..mu..Ci /sup 226/Ra/kg. The /sup 228/Ra retention data were not analyzed numerically, but visual inspection of the curves prepared for individual dogs indicated that /sup 228/Ra retention could be described adequately by the retention equation derived for dogs given 0.04 to 4 ..mu..Ci /sup 226/Ra/kg. The average skeletal radiation dose rate and cumulative radiation dose were calculated for each beagle injected with /sup 226/Ra, /sup 228/Ra, or /sup 90/Sr using the appropriate retention equation, normalized to each dog's individual retention measurements. Allowance was made in the /sup 226/Ra calculations for the changing skeletal retention of /sup 222/Rn and its radioactive daughters; in the /sup 228/Ra calculations for the diminution of /sup 228/Ra activity by radioactive decay as well as for the ingrowth and skeletal retention of /sup 228/Th and its radioactive daughters; and in the /sup 90/Sr calculations for the diminution of /sup 90/Sr concentration by radioactive decay and the escape of ..beta..-energy from bone. The half-time (4621 days) of the longest-lived component in the /sup 90/Sr retention equation was similar to that for the lower-level Ra dogs. This may reflect the net remodeling rate of cortical bone in the beagle skeleton.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City
OSTI ID:
7362326
Journal Information:
Radiat. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Radiat. Res.; (United States) Vol. 66:2; ISSN RAREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English