Eye lens doses in nuclear medicine: a multicentric study in Belgium and Poland

Jérémie Dabin; Renata Kopec; Lara Struelens; Agnieszka Szumska; Tomaszuk Monika; Filip Vanhavere

doi:10.1093/rpd/ncv538

Eye lens doses in nuclear medicine: a multicentric study in Belgium and Poland

Jérémie Dabin, Renata Kopec, Lara Struelens, Agnieszka Szumska, Tomaszuk Monika, Filip Vanhavere

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the level of the eye lens (EL) doses in nuclear medicine in the light of the new International Commission on Radiological Protection limit. In 7 Belgian and 1 Polish hospitals, 45 staff members were monitored for EL (Hp(3)) and whole-body (WB) (Hp(10)) doses using dedicated dosemeters. Weekly measurements were carried out and used to estimate annual doses. Mostly diagnostic procedures involving radionuclides such as 99mTc and 18F were monitored; measurements were also performed for therapeutic procedures. The cumulative doses showed important variation across the participants. The weekly EL and WB doses ranged from 0.02 to 0.27 and 0.03 to 0.17 mSv, respectively; the annual EL and WB doses ranged from 0.6 to 9.3 and 0.9 to 8.0 mSv, respectively. Some correlation was found between the EL and theWB doses. No significant correlation with the manipulated activities was found.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297–301
Journal	Radiation protection dosimetry
Volume	170
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncv538
State	Published - 1 Sep 2016

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