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Management of radionuclide therapy patients.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- NCRP report ; no. 155.
- NCRP report ; no. 155
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radiotherapy--Standards--United States.
- Radiotherapy.
- Radiotherapy--United States--Safety measures.
- Radiation--Safety regulations--United States.
- Radiation.
- Radiotherapy--standards.
- Radiation Injuries--prevention & control.
- Radiation Protection--methods.
- Medical Subjects:
- Radiotherapy--standards.
- Radiation Injuries--prevention & control.
- Radiation Protection--methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Preface
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Radiation safety program in a medical facility
- 3. Radiopharmaceutical therapy
- 4. Brachytherapy
- 5. Facility design
- 6. Changes in medical status of the radioactive patient
- Appendix A. Patient-Release Criteria
- Appendix B. Examples of the Application of the Operational Equations Given in Appendix A
- Appendix C. Quality Assurance for High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Applications
- Appendix D. Shielding for High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Facilities
- Glossary
- Symbols and Acronyms
- References
- The NCRP
- NCRP Publications
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; December 11, 2006."
- "Prepared by NCRP Scientific Committee 91-1 on Precautions in the Management of Patients Who Have Received Therapeutic Amounts of Radioactivity"--Pref.
- Supersedes NCRP Report No. 37, Precautions in the Management of Patients Who Have Received Therapeutic Amounts of Radionuclides, 1970.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4356-0576-4
- 1-60119-488-9
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