Preferred use of curie (Ci) rather than becquerel (Bq) in nuclear medicine practice

TO THE EDITOR: In 1975, the ‘15th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures’ adapted Becquerel as SI (The International System of Units, in French: Système international d'unités) unit of radioactivity through a resolution which stated - “…. by reason of the need to make as easy as possible the use of the units for non-specialists, taking into consideration also the grave risks of errors in therapeutic work, adopts the following special name for the SI unit of activity: becquerel, symbol Bq, equal to one reciprocal second” [1].

Source: Nuclear Medicine and Biology - October 17, 2016 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: M.R.A. Pillai, F.F. (Russ) Knapp Source Type: research