The Evaluation of External Dose Rate Measurements of Patients During and After F-18 FDG PET/CT Imaging and Appropriate Discharge Time from PET/CT Department

Introduction:F-18 radioisotope has higher photon energy when compared with other radioisotopes that are preferred in conventional imaging procedures in nuclear medicine. The aim of this study was to measure external radiation dose rate from patients injected with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) and to...

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Main Authors: Burçak Yılmaz Güneş, Özlem Erez, Cihan Gündoğan, Nurhan Ergül
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2019-05-01
Series:İstanbul Medical Journal
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Online Access: http://imj.galenos.com.tr/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-evaluation-of-external-dose-rate-measurements-/21475