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 <3Sv/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 |
Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
PET users contact Molecular Imaging Center Unit (SICF), Dr. Yael Zilberstein
PET tracers |
Decay |
Half-life |
Energy |
---|---|---|---|
positron energy beta+ |
109.7 min half-life (1h 50min) |
635 keV |
|
decay |
6 h |
141 keV |
| ||
PET Vector 4
|
PET tracer injection |
Tracer preparation |