The molecular environment of iodine in reference inorganic and organic compounds, and in dry humic and fulvic acids (HAs and FAs) extracted from subsurface and deep aquifers was probed by iodine L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) of iodine spectra from HAs and FAs resembled those of organic references and displayed structural features consist...

background: therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals are designed to deliver high doses of radiation to selected target organs with an aim of minimizing unwanted radiation to surrounding healthy tissue. due to the potential of targeted radiotherapy to treat a wide range of malignant conditions, [153sm]-samarium maltolate was developed for possible therapeutic applications. materials and methods: the or...

to improve the accuracy of the activity quantification and the image quality in scintigraphy, scatter correction is a vital procedure. the aim of this study is to compare the accuracy in calculation of absorbed dose to patients following bone scan with 99m tc-marked diphosphonates ( 99m tc-mdp) by two different methods of background correction in conjugate view method. this study involved 22 pa...

UNLABELLED This study is a retrospective analysis of 124 differentiated thyroid cancer patients who underwent dosimetric evaluation using MIRD methodology over a period of 15 y. The objectives of the study were to demonstrate the clinical use of dosimetry-guided radioactive iodine ([RAI] (131)I) treatment and the safe and effective application of a 3-Gy bone marrow (BM) dose in patients with di...

background: palladium-103 (103pd) is a brachytherapy source for cancer treatment. the monte carlo codes are usually applied for dose distribution and effect of shieldings. monte carlo calculation of dose distribution in water phantom due to a med3633 103pd source is presented in this work. materials and methods: the dose distribution around the 103pd model med3633 located in the center of 30×30...

a spectrophotometric study concerning the interactoin between iodine and bromine with tetrabutylammonium iodide (tbai), tetrabutyl- ammonium bromide (tbabr) and cryptand 222 (c222) has been performed in dichloromethane solution at 25°c. the results are indicative of the formation of tba+x3- and  c222x+x3-  through equilibrium and formation of c222x+x-  through nonequilibrium reactions. the stab...

Six arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) were marked with iophenoxic acid (IA), a substance which elevates concentrations of protein-bound iodine in blood plasma. Buccal absorption of IA was determined by placing 20 mg IA dissolved in 100% ethyl alcohol on the tongue. Blood samples collected from 1 to 36 wk following exposure showed that all foxes were marked already at 1 wk and continued until 13 wk;...

background: in neutron interaction with matter and reduction of neutron energy due to multiple scatterings to the thermal energy range, increasing the probability of thermal neutron capture by neutron captures makes dose enhancement in the tumors loaded with these materials.   objective: the purpose of this study is to evaluate dose distribution in the presence of  10 b ,  157 gd  and  33 s  ne...