Assessment of patient exposure to X-radiation from SPECT/CT scanners

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-148

  Hara, Narihiro ^a,b   Onoguchi, Masahisa ^b   Takenaka, Kenichi ^c   Matsubara, Kousuke ^b   Ujita, Hiroyuki ^a   Kenko, Youichi ^a  

^a SUMITOMO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alderson RANDO anthropomorphic phantom; Exposure dose; MIRD method; SPECT CT; Thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD)

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PELVIS; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAYS;

EID: 79953242248     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.110.075770     Document Type: Article

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