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Computational system for activity calculation of radiopharmaceuticals

Ralph Santos-Oliveira¹* and Clayton Augusto Benevides²

¹Nuclear Engineering Institute, Brazil.

²National Nuclear Energy Commission, Brazil.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: roliveira@cnen.gov.br.

Accepted 24 October, 2008

The preparation of radiopharmaceuticals for distribution to several hospitals is practised widely and the transport is usually by road and plain, this is specially practised in big countries like Brazil where the distance from one state to other is bigger than one country compared to others in continents like Europe. The purpose of this paper is to describe a computational system developed to evaluate the dose of radiopharmaceuticals during the production until the final receptor (hospital).

Key words: Radiopharmacy, radiopharmaceuticals, computer system, doses, activity calculation.