A patient with a brain tumor is undergoing a gamma knife treatment (see Section 31.4). Multiple sources of 60Co emit two gamma rays with a total energy of 2.50 MeV. If the activity of all the sources combined is 5.00 mCi, what is the biologically equivalent dose delivered to the brain tumor in one hour? The mass of the tumor is 0.150 kg. Since the half-life of 60 Co is 5.27 yr, we can assume the activity remains constant during the procedure. Number Units
A patient with a brain tumor is undergoing a gamma knife treatment (see Section 31.4). Multiple sources of 60Co emit two gamma rays with a total energy of 2.50 MeV. If the activity of all the sources combined is 5.00 mCi, what is the biologically equivalent dose delivered to the brain tumor in one hour? The mass of the tumor is 0.150 kg. Since the half-life of 60 Co is 5.27 yr, we can assume the activity remains constant during the procedure. Number Units
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Transcribed Image Text:A patient with a brain tumor is undergoing a gamma knife treatment (see Section 31.4). Multiple sources of 60Co emit two gamma rays
with a total energy of 2.50 MeV. If the activity of all the sources combined is 5.00 mCi, what is the biologically equivalent dose
delivered to the brain tumor in one hour? The mass of the tumor is 0.150 kg. Since the half-life of 60 Co is 5.27 yr, we can assume the
activity remains constant during the procedure.
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