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Impact of radiation protection means on the dose to the lens of the eye while handling radionuclides in nuclear medicine

Overview of attention for article published in Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, September 2015
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Title
Impact of radiation protection means on the dose to the lens of the eye while handling radionuclides in nuclear medicine
Published in
Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, September 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.zemedi.2015.07.002
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Iris Bruchmann, Bastian Szermerski, Rolf Behrens, Lilli Geworski

Abstract

The human eye lens appears to be more radiosensitive than previously assumed. The reduction of the limit for the dose to the lens of the eye to 20 mSv per year has been passed in the current Euratom Directives (2013). Therefore, in this work the impact of laboratory glasses and X-ray protective goggles was investigated and reciprocal attenuation factors (i.e. transmission factors) for different nuclides (Tc-99m, I-131, Y-90, F-18 and Ga-68) were determined. The radionuclides in typical geometry (syringe, applicator) were positioned at a distance of 50 cm to the eyes of four Alderson-Head-Phantoms. Different dosemeters measuring Hp(3) respective Hp(0.07) were fixed to the eyes of the phantoms, either behind the glasses or without any protection means, respectively. The mean reciprocal attenuation factors were determined to be between unity for F-18 and I-131 using laboratory glasses (no attenuation effect) and < 0.01 for Y-90 using X-ray protective goggles. All other results were between these extremes. It has been shown, that prospective doses to the lens of the eye can be reduced significantly by using appropriate radiation protection means, especially for those dose-relevant beta radiation emitting nuclides such as Y-90.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 2 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 6%
Student > Postgraduate 1 6%
Student > Master 1 6%
Unknown 12 71%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 4 24%
Chemistry 1 6%
Unknown 12 71%
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