Open AccessBiological effects associated with internal and external contamination of diagnostic nuclear medicine sources: An In vitro study
Author(s) -
Amit Nautiyal,
Tanmoy Mondal,
Alpana Goel,
Subrata Kumar Dey,
Deepanjan Mitra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/ijnm.ijnm_17_21
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , irradiation , contamination , chinese hamster , relative biological effectiveness , radionuclide , internal dose , comet assay , radiation , dna damage , radiochemistry , toxicology , in vitro , dna , medical physics , genetics , biology , nuclear physics , chemistry , physics , ecology
In a Nuclear Medicine department, the risk of external and internal contamination in radiation workers is much higher than in other medical radiation facilities. The risk associated with both types of contaminations should be quantified to estimate the radiation dose received by the personal. Here, we designed an in vitro model to see the impact of internal and external contamination of F-18 and Technetium-99 m (Tc-99 m) on DNA damages.