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LUNG COUNT [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiation Protection
CONT

Many of the more penetrating gamma radiations emitted by radionuclides within a person's body will not be absorbed. That is to say, they will escape from the body. A whole-body count is a procedure in which these escaping gamma radiations are counted. The total count provides an indication of the amount of radioactive material in the body. In the case of a whole-body count, all the gamma radiations escaping from the body are counted. In the case of a lung count, only those emerging from the chest wall are counted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radioprotection

Spanish

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