Evaluation of personal dose equivalents during positron emission tomography and computed tomography imaging

H Salah, A Sulieman, M Alkhorayef, E Alkhybari… - Applied Radiation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to evaluate the annual occupational radiation exposure of technologists
during PET/CT imaging in 2020 and 2021. Eleven nuclear medicine technologists were …

Occupational exposure from F-18-FDG PET/CT: implementation to routine clinical practice

PF Costa, M Reinhardt, B Poppe - Radiation protection …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The purpose of this study was to assess the occupational radiation exposure arising from
positron emission tomography combined with X-ray computed tomography (PET/CT) …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of extremity dose for medical staff involved in positron emission tomography/computed tomography imaging: Retrospective study

RU Erdemir, MM Abuzaid, B Cavli, HO Tekin… - Medicine, 2023 - journals.lww.com
There has been an increase in positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography
(CT) imaging procedures, and medical workers involved in PET/CT are at increased risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Statistical analysis of the occupational radiation doses in three different positron emission tomography–computed tomography centers in Egypt

IES Ahmed, AMM Zamzam… - World Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
In the present study, we investigated the radiation doses received by the positron emission
tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) staff in three different diagnostic centers in …

Occupational radiation dose to nuclear medicine staff due to Tc99m, F18-FDG PET and therapeutic I-131 based examinations

M Fathy, MM Khalil, WM Elshemey… - Radiation Protection …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The aim was to track the exposure to radiation workers in six nuclear medicine
examinations. A number of 180 patients were recruited and external exposure was …

Assessment of occupational exposure from PET and PET/CT scanning in Saudi Arabia

H Omer, H Salah, N Tamam, O Mahgoub… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures such as positron emission tomography (PET)
scans and hybrid imaging using a combination of PET and computed tomography (CT) …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of annual occupational doses of technologists in diagnostic nuclear medicine

Nİ Işıkcı, M Demir, K Sönmezoğlu - Cerrahpaşa Med J, 2022 - cerrahpasamedj.org
Objective: This study aimed to determine the radiation dose contribution of
radiopharmaceuticals labeled with 99mTc, 18F, and 68Ga to the technologists' annual …

Effect of dosimeter's position on occupational radiation extremity dose measurement for nuclear medicine workers during 18F-FDG preparation for PET/CT

F Salesses, P Perez, AE Maillard, J Blanchard… - EJNMMI physics, 2016 - Springer
Background The recent spread of positron emission tomography-computed tomography
(PET/CT) poses extremity dosimetry challenges. The question arose whether the radiation …

Assessment of occupational exposure and radiation risks in nuclear medicine departments

M Alkhorayef, FH Mayhoub, H Salah… - Radiation Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
During the preparation of radioisotopes, during their administration and during patient
imaging nuclear medicine personnel are routinely exposed to ionising radiation. With …

Exposure doses to technologists working in 7 PET/CT departments

W Li, L Fang, J Li - Dose-Response, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of this study was to measure occupational exposure doses of
technologists who dispense and inject radiopharmaceuticals in 7 positron emission …