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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Imaging. 2010 Feb;9(1):1–20.

Table 7.

Calculated Γ Constants (µ Sv m2 MBq−1 h−1) and Tenth-Value Layers/cmPb78

Γ Constants/µ Sv m2 MBq−1 h−1 Shipping Container Capacities

Radionuclide RHH AAPMTG10877 MicroShield MicroShield
Ratio to 18F
Field Data TVL/cmpb Estimated
Maximum
Activity on
Contact/mCi
Estimated
Maximum
Activity @ 1 m/
mCi
18F 0.188 0.143 0.144 1 0.192 1.6 2,429 1,105
64Cu 0.036 0.027 0.029 0.20 NM 1.7
68Ga 0.179 0.134 0.137 0.95 NM 1.7
82Rb 0.210 0.159 0.158 1.10 NM 1.7
86Y 0.629 0.455 3.16 0.514 3.8 15 8
89Zr 0.266 0.159 1.10 0.188 3.2 55 36
124I 0.205 0.185 0.143 0.99 0.205 3.1

AAPM = American Association of Physicists in Medicine; NM = not measured; RHH = Radiation Health Handbook; TVL = tenth-value layer.