Hand exposure in diagnostic nuclear medicine with 18F- and 99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals - Results of the ORAMED project

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1277-1282

  Carnicer, A ^a   Sans Merce, M ^b   Baechler, S ^b   Barth, I ^c   Donadille, L ^d   Ferrari, P ^e   Fulop, M ^f   Ginjaume, M ^a   Gualdrini, G ^e   Krim, S ^g   Mariotti, M ^e   Ortega, X ^a   Rimpler, A ^c   Ruiz, N ^b   Vanhavere, F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^g BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Extremity dosimetry; Hand exposure; Individual monitoring; Maximum skin dose; Nuclear medicine

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE LIMITS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EXTREMITY DOSIMETRY; FINGER DOSE; HAND EXPOSURE; INDEX FINGER; INDIVIDUAL MONITORING; MAXIMUM SKIN DOSE; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; POTENTIAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS; REFERENCE DOSE; ROUTINE MONITORING; SKIN DOSE;

MONITORING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION SHIELDING;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 80055066795     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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