Journal article
Radiation dose to PET technologists and strategies to lower occupational exposure.
Fiona O Roberts, Dishan H Gunawardana, Kunthi Pathmaraj, Anthony Wallace, Paul L U, Tian Mi, Sam U Berlangieri, Graeme J O'Keefe, Chris C Rowe, Andrew M Scott
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology | Published : 2005
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The use of PET in Australia has grown rapidly. We conducted a prospective study of the radiation exposure of technologists working in PET and evaluated the occupational radiation dose after implementation of strategies to lower exposure. METHODS: Radiation doses measured by thermoluminescent dosimeters over a 2-y period were reviewed both for technologists working in PET and for technologists working in general nuclear medicine in a busy academic nuclear medicine department. The separate components of the procedures for dose administration and patient monitoring were assessed to identify the areas contributing the most to the dose received. The impact on dose of implementing porta..
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