Skin dose rate conversion factors after contamination with radiopharmaceuticals: Influence of contamination area, epidermal thickness and percutaneous absorption Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Skin contamination with radiopharmaceuticals can occur during biomedical research and daily nuclear medicine practice as a result of accidental spills, after contact with bodily fluids of patients or by inattentively touching contaminated materials. Skin dose assessment should be carried out by repeated quantification to map the course of the contamination together with the use of appropriate skin dose rate conversion factors. Contamination is ...