Radiation exposure to surgical staff during F-18-FDG-guided cancer surgery

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 624-629

  Andersen, P A ^a   Chakera, A H ^a   Klausen, T L ^b   Binderup, T ^c   Grossjohann, H S ^a   Friis, E ^a   Hansen, C Palnaes ^a   Schmidt, G ^a   Kjaer, A ^a,c   Hesse, B ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; FDG; Probe guided surgery; Radiation exposure

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FINGER; GROIN METASTASIS; HAND; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MONITORING; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGEON; TABLET; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 43349106818     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-007-0532-0     Document Type: Article

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