Measurements of occupational exposure for a technologist performing 18F FDG pet scans

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 539-544

  Biran, Talma ^a   Weininger, Jolie ^a   Malchi, Shalom ^a   Marciano, Rami ^b   Chisin, Roland ^b  

^a Radiation Safety Division   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exposure, occupational; Imaging; Medical radiation; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUNGSTEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; HUMAN; IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYRINGE; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; ADULT; BODY BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 14844300909     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000137180.85643.9d     Document Type: Article

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