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The British Journal of Radiology, Vol 52, Issue 621 719-726, Copyright © 1979 by British Institute of Radiology

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The value of a tracer dose in predicting the kinetics of therapeutic doses of 131I in thyrotoxicosis

MK O'Connor, MJ Cullen and JF Malone

The kinetics of tracer doses of 131I, assessed by measuring uptake and effective half-life, correlate well with the kinetics of therapy doses. The effective half-life was measured using thermoluminescent discs fixed to the patients' anterior neck surface. This method gives results comparable with those obtained using an uptake probe, and met with a good response by the patients. Using the kinetics of the tracer dose to assist prescription of radioiodine therapy would considerably reduce the spread of absorbed doses to the glands of a group of patients. The case for attempting more exact dosimetry in this field is reviewed.




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