scholarly journals Radioactivity of long-lived gamma emitters in egg

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Ramazanian ◽  
◽  
Tareq Alrefae ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Dose ◽  
High Purity ◽  
Annual Effective Dose ◽  
Germanium Detector ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
World Average ◽  
High Purity Germanium Detector ◽  
Egg Consumption ◽  
High Purity Germanium ◽  
Radiological Hazards

Radioactivity in egg was investigated. The targeted radionuclides were the long-lived gamma emitters 228Ra, 226Ra, and 40K. Measurements were carried out using a high purity germanium detector. The calculated annual effective dose due to egg consumption was 79 μSv yr-1, which forms 1/4 of the 290 μSv yr-1 world average ingestion exposure from natural sources. Hence, no radiological hazards exist from egg consumption due to the presence of the investigated radionuclides.

A prototype high-purity germanium detector system with fast photon-counting circuitry for medical imaging

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 900-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce H. Hasegawa ◽  
Benno Stebler ◽  
Brian K. Rutt ◽  
Alberto Martinez ◽  
Eric L. Gingold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Imaging ◽  
High Purity ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Germanium Detector ◽  
Detector System ◽  
High Purity Germanium Detector ◽  
High Purity Germanium
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document