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Equine scintigraphy: assessment of the dose received by the personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2005

I. Clairand ,
J.-F. Bottollier-Depois  and
F. Trompier
I. Clairand
Affiliation:
IRSN, Département de protection de la santé de l'homme et de dosimétrie, B.P. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
J.-F. Bottollier-Depois
Affiliation:
IRSN, Département de protection de la santé de l'homme et de dosimétrie, B.P. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
F. Trompier
Affiliation:
IRSN, Département de protection de la santé de l'homme et de dosimétrie, B.P. 17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
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Abstract

Following a request from the Permanent Secretary of the French Commission for Artificial Radioelements (CIREA) engaged to investigate a request for a licence related to a new scintigraphy unit dedicated to equidae, a dosimetric assessment concerning the personnel attending the examination was carried out. This scintigraphy unit depends on the Goustranville Centre for Imaging and Research on the Locomotive Diseases of Equidae (CIRALE) in the Calvados region. The dosimetric assessment was carried out for the different operators during the successive stages of the scintigraphic examination. Assuming 150 examinations per year, the annual equivalent dose to the fingers skin is 150 mSv maximum for the technologist and 2 mSv for the veterinary surgeon; the annual effective dose ranges from 0.15 to 0.45 mSv, depending on the operators.

Keywords

equine scintigraphypersonnelscintiscanningdosimetryoccupational exposureveterinary medicine
Type
Research Article
Information
Radioprotection , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 2003 , pp. 61 - 73
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2003

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