Practical aspects of radiation safety for using fluorine-18

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-16

  Bixler, Ava ^a,b   Springer, Greg ^a   Lovas, Richard ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18; PET imaging; Radiation safety

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18;

CYSTOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; POSITRON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAFF TRAINING;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0032893480     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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