Corpus ID: 107470191

Development of a Robotic Dispensing System for Radioactive Iodine-131

@inproceedings{Ming2002DevelopmentOA,
  title={Development of a Robotic Dispensing System for Radioactive Iodine-131},
  author={T. Ming and Yeong Sm and Kwoh Chee Keong and S. Somanesan and Fx Sun},
  year={2002}
}

• T. Ming, Yeong Sm, +2 authors Fx Sun
• Published 2002
• Engineering

Background, Patients with thyroid carcinoma or hyperthyroidism undergo oral radioactive iodine-131 treatment at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Singapore General Hospital by consutning a specified dose of radioactive iodine-131. Currently, the liquid iodine-131 is handled manually by Nuclear Medicine staff, resulting in a high personal radiation exposure. To make the dispensing of the iodine-131 safer and accurate, a mechanised system is developed. Method. The system consists of a two-axis… Expand

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