Abstract
There are many ways to be exposed to radiation in life. Medical applications, in particular, are the most important form of severe exposure. In medical applications, Computed Tomography (CT) scans are in the first place, while nuclear medicine is in the second place. Of course, the dose absorbed by the exposed tissue and therefore the organs is directly proportional to the risks to health. In nuclear medicine, due to the radioisotopes placed in the body for therapeutic purposes, some doses are not given only to the organ and/or tissues where the tumor is placed, but also to other surrounding organ and tissues. In this study, the change in the doses received by the thyroid gland, thymus, and lymph nodes according to the activities of the iodine radioisotope I-131 placed in the thyroid gland of adult phantoms (both male and female) were investigated with the Monte Carlo-based code.
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