Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2017 Mar;51(1):11-16. 10.1007/s13139-016-0406-0.

Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine Procedures

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  • 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical Radiation Safety Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, 42 Jebong-ro, Dong-gu, 501-757 Gwang-ju, Korea. songhc@jnu.ac.kr

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.

Keyword

Diagnostic reference level; Justification; Optimization; Nuclear medicine; Radiation safety

MeSH Terms

Disasters
Nuclear Medicine*
Nuclear Power Plants
Radiation Protection
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