Photon shielding for a positron emission tomography suite

Health Physics

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Courtney, J C ^a   Mendez, P ^a   Hidalgo Salvatierra, O ^a   Bujenovic, S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical radiation; Operational topic; Positrons; Shielding

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034937367     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200108001-00012     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Practical aspects of radiation safety for using fluorine-18
2. Radiation protection design for a clinical positron emission tomography imaging suite