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Table D.3: Physical properties & effective dose equivalent dose rate constants <strong>of</strong> PET Radionuclides<br />
(AAPM, 2006)<br />
Nuclide Half life Decay<br />
mode<br />
Positron<br />
max energy<br />
(MeV)<br />
Photon<br />
emission<br />
(keV)<br />
Photons/<br />
decay<br />
Dose rate<br />
constant<br />
(μSvm 2 /<br />
MBqh)<br />
11<br />
C 20.4 min ß + 0.96 511 2.00 0.148<br />
13<br />
N 10.0 min ß + 1.19 511 2.00 0.148<br />
15<br />
O 2.0 min ß + 1.72 511 2.00 0.148<br />
18<br />
F 109.8 min ß + , EC 0.63 511 1.93 0.143<br />
64<br />
Cu 12.7 h ß - ,ß + , EC 0.65 511, 1346 0.38, 0.005 0.029<br />
68<br />
Ga 68.3 min ß + , EC 1.9 511 1.84 0.134<br />
82<br />
Rb 76 s ß + , EC 3.35 511, 776 1.90, 0.13 0.159<br />
124<br />
I 4.2 d ß + , EC 1.54, 2.17 511, 603,<br />
1693<br />
0.5, 0.62,<br />
0.3<br />
0.185<br />
Table D.4: Broadbeam transmission factors at 511 keV in lead, concrete (Based on AAPM, 2006)<br />
Transmission factors<br />
Thickness<br />
(mm lead/cm concrete)<br />
Lead<br />
Concrete<br />
0 1.0000 1.0000<br />
1 0.8912 0.9583<br />
2 0.7873 0.9088<br />
3 0.6905 0.8519<br />
4 0.6021 0.7889<br />
5 0.5227 0.7218<br />
6 0.4522 0.6528<br />
7 0.3903 0.5842<br />
8 0.3362 0.5180<br />
9 0.2892 0.4558<br />
10 0.2485 0.3987<br />
12 0.1831 0.3008<br />
14 0.1347 0.2243<br />
16 0.0990 0.1662<br />
18 0.0728 0.1227<br />
20 0.0535 0.0904<br />
25 0.0247 0.0419<br />
30 0.0114 0.0194<br />
40 0.0024 0.0042<br />
50 0.0005 0.0009<br />
98<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Diagnostic</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Facilities</strong> <strong>where</strong> Ionising Radiation is used