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An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers

PURPOSE: Use of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is one of the main sources of radiation exposure. We performed this study with respect to the rapid growth in nuclear medicine in Iran and lack of updated statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data were obtained for all...

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Autores principales: Motazedian, Motahareh, Tabeie, F, Vatankhah, P, Shafiei, B, Amoui, M, Atefi, M, Ansari, M, Asli, I Neshandar
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27095860
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.178262
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author Motazedian, Motahareh
Tabeie, F
Vatankhah, P
Shafiei, B
Amoui, M
Atefi, M
Ansari, M
Asli, I Neshandar
author_facet Motazedian, Motahareh
Tabeie, F
Vatankhah, P
Shafiei, B
Amoui, M
Atefi, M
Ansari, M
Asli, I Neshandar
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description PURPOSE: Use of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is one of the main sources of radiation exposure. We performed this study with respect to the rapid growth in nuclear medicine in Iran and lack of updated statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data were obtained for all active Nuclear Medicine Centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences during 2009 and 2010. RESULTS: The most frequently performed procedures were bone (30.16%), cardiac (28.96%), renal (17.97%), and thyroid (7.93%) scans. There was a significant decrease in the number of thyroid scintigraphies with (131)I and (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid liver/spleen scans and tremendous increase in the frequencies of cardiac and bone scintigraphies compared to one decade ago. CONCLUSION: Compared to previous studies, there were striking changes in trends of diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran. This field is still evolving in the country, and this trend will further change with the introduction of positron emission tomography scanners in future.
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spelling pubmed-48153832016-04-19 An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers Motazedian, Motahareh Tabeie, F Vatankhah, P Shafiei, B Amoui, M Atefi, M Ansari, M Asli, I Neshandar Indian J Nucl Med Original Article PURPOSE: Use of radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures is one of the main sources of radiation exposure. We performed this study with respect to the rapid growth in nuclear medicine in Iran and lack of updated statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data were obtained for all active Nuclear Medicine Centers affiliated to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences during 2009 and 2010. RESULTS: The most frequently performed procedures were bone (30.16%), cardiac (28.96%), renal (17.97%), and thyroid (7.93%) scans. There was a significant decrease in the number of thyroid scintigraphies with (131)I and (99m)Tc-sulfur colloid liver/spleen scans and tremendous increase in the frequencies of cardiac and bone scintigraphies compared to one decade ago. CONCLUSION: Compared to previous studies, there were striking changes in trends of diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran. This field is still evolving in the country, and this trend will further change with the introduction of positron emission tomography scanners in future. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4815383/ /pubmed/27095860 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.178262 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Original Article
Motazedian, Motahareh
Tabeie, F
Vatankhah, P
Shafiei, B
Amoui, M
Atefi, M
Ansari, M
Asli, I Neshandar
An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title_full An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title_fullStr An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title_full_unstemmed An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title_short An update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
title_sort update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in tehran: a study on four academic centers
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27095860
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.178262
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