2016
DOI: 10.1007/s13139-016-0406-0
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Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine Procedures

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 protectio… Show more

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“…It is not appropriate to adjust the administered activity to the lowest possible level but similar to that of DRL [10]. Moreover, DRL values are not considered as limits, and the highest priority for any diagnostic examination is to achieve sufficient image quality [1,2,7]. Therefore, DRLs should not be used as evidences for legal restriction or insurance coverage, which was suggested as a potential concern during the expert discussion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…It is not appropriate to adjust the administered activity to the lowest possible level but similar to that of DRL [10]. Moreover, DRL values are not considered as limits, and the highest priority for any diagnostic examination is to achieve sufficient image quality [1,2,7]. Therefore, DRLs should not be used as evidences for legal restriction or insurance coverage, which was suggested as a potential concern during the expert discussion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is a form of investigation level, which applies to an easily measured quantity, usually the administered activity (MBq) in nuclear medicine imaging studies. However, as DRL is recommended to avoid excessive radiation exposure to patients while maintaining sufficient image quality, it should not be applied as a dose constraint or dose limit [2]. In 1999, the European Commission published the Radiation Protection 109 [3] and stated that DRLs should be set by member states under consideration of individual national or regional circumstances such as the availability of equipment and training under the Radiation Protection 180 [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Optimization refers to the principle that the radiation dose to the patients should be "as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA)". The main efforts for optimization of radiation protection in nuclear medicine have been made in terms of the reduction of administered radiopharmaceutical activity [9]. The ALARA principle is important for patients as well as workers.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…rhTSH is preferred as an adjunctive diagnostic tool for serum Tg level measurement in patient follow up and for pretherapeutic stimulation. 9,10 I-131 Whole body scan (WBS) is used to detect thyroid remnants, regional or distant metastases, and the serum Tg level is preferred for detecting residual or recurrent disease in DTC patients. 9 TSH stimulation is needed to increase iodine uptake for RAI therapy or I-131 WBS.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…9,10 I-131 Whole body scan (WBS) is used to detect thyroid remnants, regional or distant metastases, and the serum Tg level is preferred for detecting residual or recurrent disease in DTC patients. 9 TSH stimulation is needed to increase iodine uptake for RAI therapy or I-131 WBS. 11 Also, detection of a smaller foci of cancer cells requires stimulation of Tg production by high serum TSH concentrations.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%