Question

Calculate the mean dose to the liver and segments of GI tract resulting from the intravenous injection of 10 kBq of I-123 completely and uniformly taken by the liver. Assume that biological half-life is equal to radiological.

Assuming all charged particle energy is absorbed and all photon energy is lost, calculate the dose rate to the reference thyroid (ICRP 23) that contains a constant activity of 2 pCi of I-131

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