A breathing lung phantom for 81mKr lung ventilation studies its use in dosimetry and quality control

J A Camps; C Zuur; J A Blokland; J J Broerse; E K Pauwels

doi:10.1007/BF00286770

A breathing lung phantom for 81mKr lung ventilation studies its use in dosimetry and quality control

Eur J Nucl Med. 1988;14(11):529-32. doi: 10.1007/BF00286770.

Authors

J A Camps¹, C Zuur, J A Blokland, J J Broerse, E K Pauwels

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 3208782
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286770

Abstract

The construction of a breathing lung phantom that can be used to measure the amount of radioactive gas in the lungs as well as to determine the absorbed dose is described. For a lung ventilation study that consists of 6 views of 300 kcnts each, an effective dose equivalent of 50 microSv was calculated. The phantom is also suitable for comparison of different generator systems.

MeSH terms

Humans
Krypton Radioisotopes*
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Lung / physiology
Models, Structural*
Quality Control
Radiometry / instrumentation
Radionuclide Generators / standards
Radionuclide Imaging
Respiration*

Substances

Krypton Radioisotopes