Dosimetry of transmission measurements in nuclear medicine: A study using anthropomorphic phantoms and thermoluminescent dosimeters

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1435-1441

  Almeida, Pedro ^a   Bendriem, Bernard ^a   De Dreuille, Olivier ^b   Peltier, Arnaud ^c   Perrot, Claudine ^c   Brulon, Vincent ^a  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography; Radiation dose; Single photon emission tomography; Thermoluminescent dosimeters; Transmission measurements

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LITHIUM FLUORIDE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; HEAD; HEART; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0031685247     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050320     Document Type: Article

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