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) …

Evaluation of the annual occupational effective doses in a SPECT/CT department

A Aamry, A Sulieman, N Tamam, NH Abuhadi… - Applied Radiation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Staff occupational radiation exposure is limited to 20 mSv annually to preclude tissue
reaction and lower risk of cancer effect. Staff occupational exposure arises during the …

Occupational radiation exposure assessment during the management of [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC

M Riveira-Martin, L Struelens, W Schoonjans… - EJNMMI physics, 2022 - Springer
Background Since it was first approved in Europe in 2016, the gallium-68 (68Ga)
radiopharmaceutical [68Ga] Ga-DOTA-TOC has been widely used for imaging of …

Review of recent impacts of artificial intelligence for radiation therapy procedures

FA Abolaban - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a discipline of computing science whose goal is to develop
intelligent computer-based systems replicating humans' decision-making and problem …

Patient organ dose during multicycle radiation dosimetry in Lutetium− 177 radionuclide therapy

M Alkhorayef, M Alnaaimi, M Alduaij, M Al-Gaily… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Precise patient radiation dosimetry during theranostic procedures allows clinicians to tailor
therapeutic procedures to each patient. Organ dose measurement aids in adjustment of the …

Staff occupational exposure and ambient doses resulting from patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures'

G Khouqeer, A Sulieman, F Mayhoub, H Salah… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasound personnel can be occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation from
radioisotopes during ultrasonography imaging of patients who received radioactive material …

Radiation exposure assessment of nuclear medicine staff administering [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE with active and passive dosimetry

M Riveira-Martin, L Struelens, J Muñoz Iglesias… - EJNMMI physics, 2023 - Springer
Background The use of lutetium-177 (177Lu)-based radiopharmaceuticals in peptide
receptor nuclear therapy is increasing, but so is the number of nuclear medicine workers …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A simple method to shorten the apparent dead time in the dosimetry of Lu-177 for targeted radionuclide therapy using a gamma camera

K Nakanishi, N Fujita, S Abe, R Nishii, K Kato - Physica Medica, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The dead-time loss reportedly degrades the accuracy of dosimetry using a
gamma camera for targeted radionuclide therapy with Lu-177; therefore, the dead-time loss …

Organs dosimetry in targeted radionuclide therapy

M Alnaaimi, A Sulieman, M Alkhorayef, H Salah… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to assess the patients' effective and organ dose during
theranostic applications in Kuwait. In total, eighteen adults' patients were conducted nuclear …