Radiopharmaceuticals: Internal Radiation Dosimetry

Course overview

This tutorial covers Internal Radiation Dosimetry and gives an overview of its role in Nuclear Medicine. After completing the review of this tutorial, one should be able to 1.Describe some of the experiments that caused excessive radiation exposure to early researchers 2.Define the ALARA concept and discuss its importance in radiation dose reduction to Nuclear Medicine Technologists 3.State the MPDs for Occupationally Exposed Individuals for whole body, extremities, lens of the eyes, and internal organs 4.State the MPD for our families and other non-radiation workers 5.Define ¿Input data¿ and ¿output data¿ 6.Explain what the ¿standard reference man¿ is 7.Name several factors upon which radiation dose is dependent 8.Name the three biggest contributors to our background radiation and three minor contributors.