Reduction of contamination risks during clinical studies with Technegas

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1349-1352

  Vanbilloen, Hubert P ^a   Bauwens, Jean ^a   Mortelmans, L ^a   Verbruggen, Alfons M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contamination; Lung ventilation; Technegas

Indexed keywords

CARBON; TECHNEGAS;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE MASK; FILTER; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT; PERSONNEL; PUMP; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOMETRY; RADIONUCLIDE GENERATORS; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0032857078     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590050594     Document Type: Article

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