Determination of 99Mo contamination in a nuclear medicine patient submitted to a diagnostic procedure with 99mTc

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue SPECIL ISS. 2, 2005, Pages 215-220

  Dantas, Bernardo Maranhão ^a   Dantas, Ana Letícia Almeida ^a   Marques, Fábio Luiz Navarro ^b   Bertelli, Luiz ^c   Stabin, Michael G ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo measurements; Internal dosimetry; Molybdenum 99; Nuclear medicine; Technetium 99m; Whole body counter

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957345027     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000700032     Document Type: Article

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