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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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Radiation burden of assistant medical technicians at a medical accelerator
M Grundel, F Guthoff
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg August University, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Goettingen
Correspondence Address:
M Grundel
Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg August University, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Goettingen
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.44480
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A survey of a CLINAC 2100 C medical accelerator showed residual short half-life radiation after switching off the accelerator. This led to a dose of radiation for the medical employees when the patient was handled. The dose rate was measured with a dose rate meter FH40G, and annual dose for an assistant medical technician (AMT) was estimated under conservative conditions. In the assumed situation of 1000 patient treatment fractions with high-energy photons, an AMT would get an annual dose of 960 µSv, while the monthly dosimeter records would show zero, if the dose received is below threshold of 100 µSv. |
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