Radiation safety

Radiation equipments

Faculty of Medicine contains sealed radioactive sources equipments and X-ray machines for research and apply targets

Sealed machines encapsulate a core of radioactive material, while sealed sources emit radiation, they are designed so that the radioactive material stays within, minimizing the chance of contamination. Most sealed sources are stand-alone sources used to calibrate or check instrumentation (counters), to irradiate cells or rodents as experiments in reseach labs.

X-rays are high-energy electromagnetic waves (rays) that can penetrate various materials. Sackler and Dentistry buildings include X-rays machines for research purpose as well as dentistry service.

List of sealed radiation equipments

Equipment	Location	Responsible	Applicability	Dosimeter
FAXITRON Model 43855D	Sackler 10th room 1006	Dr Yael Ziv	X-Ray cabinet; 130kVp	Yes
SCANCO MEDICAL micro mCT50 X-ray/100 scan	Sackler 6th room 632	Prof Yankel Gabet	CT mice bones	No
Philips X-Ray	Sackler 0 floor Zabam	Dr Gilad Mass Dr Daria Makarovsky	Mice cells radiation	Yes
Tomoscope CT-Imaging GmbH	Imaging Center Zabam, room 1	Dr Yael Zilbernstein	CT imaging	No
MicroCT Vector 4CT PET-CT	Imaging Center Zabam	Dr Yael Zilbernstein	Nuclear medicine	Yes
X-Ray Dentist Phillips Secondent Oralix 65S 65kV; 7.5mA	Conventional Animal Facility Veterinary Center 063	Prof Yankel Gabet	Oral X-ray	Yes
Caliper1 Perkin Elmer IVIS	SPF- Animal Facility room 310	Dr Mickey Harlev		No
BioBeam GM2000 Dose rate 2.5 Gy/min; Source Cs137 Activity 44.4 TBq; Voltage 90-264V Surface rate <3Sv/h up to 54TBq Cs137	Sackler 0 floor Zabam	Dr Gilad Mass Dr Daria Makarovsky	Irradiation blood and mice samples	Yes
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)	Imaging Center Zabam, room 1	Dr Yael Zilbernstein Dr Gilad Mass	Nuclear medicine research	Yes