Radiation exposure to sonographers from fluorine-18-FDG PET patients

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-187

  Griff, M ^a   Berthold, T ^a   Buck, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose; Radiation exposure; Sonographers

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACKGROUND RADIATION; FLUDEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GONADS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033829789     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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