Abstract
Effective doses have been estimated for 314 patients under diagnostic procedures in a Nuclear Medicine Department using data reported in ICRP-80 and RIDIC (Radiation Internal Dose Information Center). Data on administered activity, radiopharmaceutical and administration route, age and sex of the patients have been collected. Doses in the most exposed critical organ for every protocol, doses in uterus, doses in fetus versus the stage of pregnancy (in case the female patient was pregnant) and doses for nursing infants have been also estimated. Ga-67 studies give the highest effective doses per protocol followed by cardiac SPECT procedures using Tl-201 chloride. Ga-67 studies also give the highest absorbed doses in uterus. Due to not administering different activities, depending on height and weight of adults, women receive doses about 20% higher than men. This would be a practice to modify in the future in order to optimise doses. (author)
Sena, E de;
Bejar, M J;
Berenguer, R;
[1]
Ruano, R;
Tamayo, P
[2]
- Servicio de Radiofisica y Proteccion Radiologica, Salamanca (Spain)
- Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca (Spain)
Citation Formats
Sena, E de, Bejar, M J, Berenguer, R, Ruano, R, and Tamayo, P.
Patient dose assessment in different diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine.
IAEA: N. p.,
2001.
Web.
Sena, E de, Bejar, M J, Berenguer, R, Ruano, R, & Tamayo, P.
Patient dose assessment in different diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine.
IAEA.
Sena, E de, Bejar, M J, Berenguer, R, Ruano, R, and Tamayo, P.
2001.
"Patient dose assessment in different diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine."
IAEA.
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abstractNote = {Effective doses have been estimated for 314 patients under diagnostic procedures in a Nuclear Medicine Department using data reported in ICRP-80 and RIDIC (Radiation Internal Dose Information Center). Data on administered activity, radiopharmaceutical and administration route, age and sex of the patients have been collected. Doses in the most exposed critical organ for every protocol, doses in uterus, doses in fetus versus the stage of pregnancy (in case the female patient was pregnant) and doses for nursing infants have been also estimated. Ga-67 studies give the highest effective doses per protocol followed by cardiac SPECT procedures using Tl-201 chloride. Ga-67 studies also give the highest absorbed doses in uterus. Due to not administering different activities, depending on height and weight of adults, women receive doses about 20% higher than men. This would be a practice to modify in the future in order to optimise doses. (author)}
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title = {Patient dose assessment in different diagnostic procedures in nuclear medicine}
author = {Sena, E de, Bejar, M J, Berenguer, R, Ruano, R, and Tamayo, P}
abstractNote = {Effective doses have been estimated for 314 patients under diagnostic procedures in a Nuclear Medicine Department using data reported in ICRP-80 and RIDIC (Radiation Internal Dose Information Center). Data on administered activity, radiopharmaceutical and administration route, age and sex of the patients have been collected. Doses in the most exposed critical organ for every protocol, doses in uterus, doses in fetus versus the stage of pregnancy (in case the female patient was pregnant) and doses for nursing infants have been also estimated. Ga-67 studies give the highest effective doses per protocol followed by cardiac SPECT procedures using Tl-201 chloride. Ga-67 studies also give the highest absorbed doses in uterus. Due to not administering different activities, depending on height and weight of adults, women receive doses about 20% higher than men. This would be a practice to modify in the future in order to optimise doses. (author)}
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year = {2001}
month = {Mar}
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