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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Minimisation of Equivalent Dose to the Extremities During PET Radiopharmaceuticals Dispensing

Authors : J. Oliveira, J. Hunter, E. Carolino, F. Lucena

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Abstract

Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET/CT) has emerged as an early diagnosis and staging in several pathologies, particularly on cancer. The radiopharmaceuticals used in this technique are beta plus-emitters (β+) and radiate gamma photons (γ) with 511 keV, which is considerably higher in comparison with conventional nuclear medicine, implying that the conventional amounts of lead and tungsten in shields are not enough for an appropriate radiation protection of the practitioners. In this work two commercially available PET radiopharmaceuticals (PET-Rph) dispensers are compared. Results demonstrate that both instruments are robust and accurate, although not precise. Also particular care needs to be taken while working with PET-Rph, namely the arrangement of the material and equipment on the working bench.

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Metadata
Title
Minimisation of Equivalent Dose to the Extremities During PET Radiopharmaceuticals Dispensing
Authors
J. Oliveira
J. Hunter
E. Carolino
F. Lucena
Copyright Year
2018
Book
VipIMAGE 2017

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-68194-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-68195-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68195-5_21