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Radiation dosimetry of 18F-FDG PET/CT: incorporating exam-specific parameters in dose estimates

BACKGROUND: Whole body fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is the standard of care in oncologic diagnosis and staging, and patient radiation dose must be well understood to balance exam benefits with the risk from radiation exposure. Although refe...

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Autores principales: Quinn, Brian, Dauer, Zak, Pandit-Taskar, Neeta, Schoder, Heiko, Dauer, Lawrence T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27317478
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12880-016-0143-y