Medical Internal Radiation Dose committee

For purposes of administered dose of a radiopharmaceutical, the package insert contains a table that lists dosage for the average patient as a function of administered activity. This information may be used for calculation of radiation dose. If needed, a medical physicist will calculate administered dose based on Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) committee recommendations. 

To better understand the following activity calculations (1-4), a brief review is shown of the schema developed by the Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine [Ij. 

The technique for estimation of the absorbed dose to organs and tissues from radionuclides inside the human body has been developed by the Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) Committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, USA. The schema and pamphlets issued by the Committee since the 1960s contain measurement and calculation procedures and examples of the use of methodology. The methodology is widely accepted throughout the world (Watson 1994 Zanzonico et al. 1995). 

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