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a. The dosage of technetium-99m for a lung scan is 20. μCi/kg of body mass. How many milli...

a. The dosage of technetium-99m for a lung scan is 20. μCi/kg of body mass. How many millicuries of technetium-99m should be given to a 50.0-kg person (1 mCi = 1000 μCi)?


b. A person receives 50 mrad of gamma radiation. What is that amount in grays? What would be the equivalent dose in mrem?


c. Suppose a person absorbed 50 mrad of alpha radiation. What would be the equivalent dose in mrem? How does it compare with the mrem in part b?

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