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A Model for Administered 81Krm Activity and a Method for Measurement: Some Recommendations for Patient and Staff Dose Reduction

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Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research

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The characteristics of the 81Krm generator are described and an equation derived for estimating administered activity. Departments can therefore check their protocol for comparison with any national regulation. A simple computer model of the lung showed the importance of ensuring the initial bolus of activity is breathed by the patient and that deep breaths are unhelpful. Both patient and staff doses associated with the use of 81Krm are reassuringly low.

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  1. Department of Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

    W H Thomson, P Childs, N R Williams & L K Harding

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, University of Vienna, Dr. Heckmannstr. 4, A-1140, Vienna, Austria

    Helmar Bergmann

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Vienna, Nadlergasse 1, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

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Thomson, W.H., Childs, P., Williams, N.R., Harding, L.K. (1995). A Model for Administered 81Krm Activity and a Method for Measurement: Some Recommendations for Patient and Staff Dose Reduction. In: Bergmann, H., Sinzinger, H. (eds) Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research. Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7340-6_4

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