Radiation safety considerations for PET centers

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Brown, Terry F ^a,b   Yasillo, Nicholas J ^a  

^a Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute   (United States)

^b MIICRO Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility design; PET; Radiation monitoring; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; POSITRON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SAFETY;

ELECTRONS; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031008996     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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