Radiation exposure of patients and personnel from a PET/CT procedure with 18F-FDG

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 208-213

  Leide Svegborn, S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SWEDEN; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 77953343406     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq026     Document Type: Article

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