• In vivo · Sep 2015

    A Mobile Alert System for Preparing the Delivery of Radiation Mitigators.

    • Ryan Dickson, Jong Oh Kim, Mohammed Saiful Huq, Greg Bednarz, Joe Suyama, Donald M Yealy, Hong Wang, and Joel S Greenberger.
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
    • In Vivo. 2015 Sep 1; 29 (5): 505-13.

    Background/AimA mobile system allowing hospital medical personnel to prepare for the administration of radiation mitigators prior to receiving casualties is desirable.Materials And MethodsWe evaluated a portable spectroscopic personal radiation detector for use as an ambulance-based unit for early detection and identification of gamma radiation. We tested the sensitivity, time-to-identification, and radionuclide identification accuracy rates, change in detector response to vehicle operation, interference from cardiac equipment, and internal versus external radiation source location.ResultsWe detected radiation sources in each of 119 trials using a humanoid phantom in a moving ambulance with a primary radionuclide identification accuracy of 96%. Typical identification time was around two minutes (149±95 s).ConclusionOur observations suggest this mobile system is a potential pre-hospital arrival tool allowing for rapid preparation of radiation mitigators.Copyright © 2015 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. John G. Delinassios), All rights reserved.

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