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The Design and Use of a Linear Scanner^1,2,

Houston, Texas

ABSTRACT

The design and calibration of a device for measurement of the distribution of radioactivity along the head-toe axis of man has been described. This device has been used to: (1) to determine the linear distribution of radioiron in man; (2) to determine the percentage of radioactivity in any cross segment of the body and (3) to measure the total body radioactivity following the injection of radioiron. Examples of each of these applications have been presented.

FOOTNOTES

¹ From the Radioisotope Service, Veterans Administration Hospital and the Department of Medicine, Baylor University College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

² Acknowledgement is extended to J. R. Risser, Ph.D., Department of Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, for his assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.