Recent experiences with shielding a PET/CT facility

Health Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Erdman, Mike ^a   King, Steve ^b   Miller, Ken ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Penn State Milton S Hershey Med C ^*

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Operational topic; Positron emission tomography; Shielding

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; WORKLOAD; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3242656321     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200408001-00012     Document Type: Review

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