A Sr-90 Irradiation Device for the Study of Cutaneous Radiation Injury from a Radiological Incident
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- title
- A Sr-90 Irradiation Device for the Study of Cutaneous Radiation Injury from a Radiological Incident
- author
- Dorand, Jennifer Elisabeth
- abstract
- In the event of a radiological accident or terrorist attack, Strontium-90, a fission by-product, would likely be released. Due to the low energy and superficial penetration in tissue of β particles from Sr-90 radiation, cutaneous radiation injury (CRI) is a major concern. In the case of a radiation incident, the dose to the skin is unlikely to be known, but can be estimated with a thorough understanding of the surface dosimetry of Sr-90. The physics of Sr-90 is examined as part of a larger project to study Grade III CRI in a porcine model and examine the efficacy of KeraStat
TM , a topical product with the potential to heal CRI. - subject
- Cutaneous Radiation Injury
- Porcine Model
- Radiological Incident
- Skin Irradiation
- Strontium-90
- contributor
- Bourland, John D (committee chair)
- Munley, Michael T (committee member)
- Salsbury, Fred R (committee member)
- Guthold, Martin (committee member)
- Tytell, Michael (committee member)
- date
- 2014-07-10T08:35:25Z (accessioned)
- 2014 (issued)
- degree
- Physics (discipline)
- embargo
- forever (terms)
- 10000-01-01 (liftdate)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39256 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Dissertation