Preliminary safety evaluation of a cyclotron facility for positron emission tomography imaging

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 894-899

  Gonzalez L ^a   Vano E ^a   Cordeiro, C A ^a   Carreras, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doses to staff; Medical cyclotron facility; Positron emitters; Radiation protection

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; NITROGEN 13;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; FINGER; HAND; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHARMACY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; SAFETY; SAMPLING; SYRINGE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WRIST;

CYCLOTRONS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032764116     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050464     Document Type: Article

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