Source, radioactive
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MICRO/ENCAPSULATED
- DATE
- 1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0794.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC AND METAL MATERIALS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.3 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 1.3 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Radiology
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- THESE TYPES OF SOURCES USED BY DONOR FROM MID-1960S TO 1970S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO DELIVER A MEASURED RADIATION DOSE DIRECTLY TO A TUMOUR. - Technical
-
EXAMPLES OF SMALL ENCAPSULATED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES WHICH COULD BE IMPLANTED IN OR BESIDE A TUMOUR TO DELIVER A MEASURED DOSE OF RADIATION. THIS THERAPY IS CALLED"BRACHYTHERAPY". IMPLANTED SOURCES PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO RADIATION TREATMENT USING COBALT OR SIMILAR DEVICES PROVIDING EXPOSURE USING EXTERNAL BEAMS. (REF. 1) SOME OF THESE SOURCES MAY HAVE REQUIRED 'EXPOSURE' TO RADIATION, IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- From CA of 02/26/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- CLEAR SYNTHETIC CONTAINER; METAL SOURCE MATERIAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Source, radioactive, before 1970, Artifact no. 1997.0794, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0794.006/
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