Cho SG, Kim J, Song HC. Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine Procedures.
Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2017;
51:11-16. [PMID:
28250853 PMCID:
PMC5313457 DOI:
10.1007/s13139-016-0406-0]
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Abstract
Since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011, radiation safety has become an important issue in nuclear medicine. Many structured guidelines or recommendations of various academic societies or international campaigns demonstrate important issues of radiation safety in nuclear medicine procedures. There are ongoing efforts to fulfill the basic principles of radiation protection in daily nuclear medicine practice. This article reviews important principles of radiation protection in nuclear medicine procedures. Useful references, important issues, future perspectives of the optimization of nuclear medicine procedures, and diagnostic reference level are also discussed.
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