Open AccessAn update on radiation absorbed dose to patients from diagnostic nuclear medicine procedures in Tehran: A study on four academic centers
Author(s) -
Mohammad Hossein Motazedian,
Faraj Tabeie,
Pooya Vatankhah,
Babak Shafiei,
Mahasti Amoui,
Mohammad Atefi,
Mansour Ansari,
Isa Neshandar Asli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.178262
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , shahid , medical physics , radiation exposure , radiation dose , philosophy , theology
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.