Development and test of sets of 3D printed age-specific thyroid phantoms for 131I measurements

T Beaumont, PC Ideias, M Rimlinger… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In the case of a nuclear reactor accident the release contains a high proportion of iodine-131
that can be inhaled or ingested by members of the public. Iodine-131 is naturally retained in …

Monte Carlo modelling for the in vivo lung monitoring of enriched uranium: results of an international comparison

D Broggio, J Bento, M Caldeira… - Radiation …, 2012 - Elsevier
In order to assess the reliability of Monte Carlo (MC)-based numerical calibration of in vivo
counting systems the EURADOS network supported a comparison of MC simulation of well …

Contact restriction time after common nuclear medicine therapies: spreadsheet implementation based on conservative retention function and individual measurements

D Broggio, D Celier, C Michel… - Journal of Radiological …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The increasing use of new radiopharmaceuticals invites us to reconsider some radiation
protection issues, such as the contact restriction time that limits public exposure by nuclear …

Monte Carlo simulations of the whole-body counter at Spiez Laboratory Switzerland: Impact of phantom size and biokinetic model

L Desorgher, N Mosimann, R Althaus, C Wirz… - Radiation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Whole-body counters (WBC) are used to detect potential intake of radioisotopes in the
human body. To achieve a precise measurement of an incorporated activity, a WBC needs …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of the phantom geometry on the evaluation of the minimum detectable activity following a radionuclide intake: From physical to numerical phantoms

S Medici, L Desorgher, P Carbonez, J Damet… - Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
The establishment of an in vivo internal monitoring programme requires the use of phantoms
to represent an activity distribution of an incorporated radionuclide within the body. The aim …

Comparison of Indian BOMAB and ICRP voxel phantom for calibration of shadow shield whole body counter

M Manohari, P Sugumar, R Deepu… - Applied Radiation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In-vivo whole body monitors are calibrated with various types of phantoms like Bottle
Mannikin absorption phantom (BOMAB), IGOR phantom, Masonite cut sheet phantom …

Monte Carlo simulations of a standing geometry whole body counter: Effects of skeletal sampling, age, sex and phantom size on calibration

CS Charubala, V Santhanakrishnan… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) adult and pediatric
reference computational phantoms are widely employed to evaluate calibration of in-vivo …

European intercomparison on the measurement of l-131 in thyroid of adults and children

AL Lebacq, MA Saizu, M Takahashi, M Isaksson… - Radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
In case of a nuclear reactor accident affecting a large population the internal contamination
of the workers and the public can be assessed through in vivo measurements. Since iodine …

Efficiency correction factors of an ACCUSCAN whole-body counter due to the biodistribution of 134Cs, 137Cs and 60Co

J Bento, S Barros, P Teles, P Vaz… - Radiation protection …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The efficiency calibration of whole-body counters (WBCs) for monitoring of internal
contaminations is usually performed with anthropomorphic physical phantoms assuming …

[HTML][HTML] The nuclear medicine patient as a line source: the source length is certainly not the patient height, but it is a reasonable approximation

D Broggio - Health Physics, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Nuclear medicine patients are a source of exposure and should receive instructions to
restrict contact time with different categories of people. The calculation of the restriction time …