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Figure C.5: 2 mm lead equivalent thickness at varying kVp Thickness (mm) 700 600 500 400 300 200 gypsum brick plate glass concrete ba plaster steel 100 0 30 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 kVp Compiled from various sources Figure C.6: Lead equivalence of various materials at 75 kVp 500 450 400 350 Thickness (mm) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 CODE 3 (1.32mm) CODE 4 (1.8mm) CODE 5 (2.24mm) gypsum 1 2 3 4 CODE 6 (2.65mm) CODE 7 (3.15mm) brick plate glass concrete steel CODE 8 (3.55mm) Lead Equivalent Thickness (mm) Compiled from various sources 96 The Design of Diagnostic Medical Facilities where Ionising Radiation is used
Appendix D: Nuclear medicine radionuclide data Table D.1: Half value thickness (mm lead) for radionuclides used in nuclear medicine Radionuclide Half Value Layer (mm lead) a Tenth Value thickness (mm lead) b a b 123 I 1.0 c 1.2 133 Xe 0.2 ≤0.7 201 Tl 0.23 ≤0.9 99m Tc 0.3 0.9 67 Ga 0.66 5.3 131 I 3.0 11 111 In 1.3 2.5 82 Rb 6.0 - 15 O 5.5 17 c 11 C 5.5 17 c 18 F 5.5 17 c 13 N 5.5 17 c 125 I - ≈0.06 In general the use of 10 half-value layers will reduce the intensity to 1,000th of the unshielded value. γ attenuation data are derived from tables published by Amersham International plc and are for guidance only; they do not take account of low energy (
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RPII 09/01 The Design of Diagnostic
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Foreword The original Code of Pract
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4. Nuclear medicine 35 4.1 Introduc
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1. Legal and administrative framewo
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Records should be kept as they will
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3.1.3 Computed Tomography (CT) CT a
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The trailer must be sited in an are
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