Radiation exposure of patients undergoing whole-body FDG-PET/CT examinations: an update pursuant to the new ICRP recommendations.
Nuklearmedizin
; 53(5): 217-20, 2014.
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AIM: Reinvestigation of the radiation exposure of patients undergoing whole-body [18F]FDG-PET/CT examinations pursuant to the revised recommendations of the ICRP. METHODS: Conversion coefficients for equivalent organ doses were determined for realistic anthropomorphic phantoms of reference persons. Based on these data, conversion coefficients for the effective dose were calculated using the revised tissue-weighting factors that account for the different radiation susceptibilities of organs and tissues, and the redefinition of the group 'remainder tissues'. RESULTS: Despite the markedly changed values of the equivalent organ doses estimated for FDG and of the tissue-weighting factors, the conversion coefficient for the effective dose resulting from FDG administration decreases only slightly by 10 %. For whole-body CT scans it remains even unchanged. CONCLUSION: The updated dose coefficients provide a valuable tool to easily assess the generic radiation risk of patients undergoing whole-body PET/CT (or PET/MRI) examinations and can be used, amongst others, for protocol optimization.
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Dosis de Radiación
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Protección Radiológica
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Monitoreo de Radiación
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Fluorodesoxiglucosa F18
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Tomografía de Emisión de Positrones
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Imagen de Cuerpo Entero
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Guideline
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Nuklearmedizin
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2014
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Article
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Alemania