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由MDBecker著作·2019·被引用2次—U.S.PET/CTandGammaCameraDiagnosticReferenceLevelsandAchievableAdministeredActivitiesforNoncardiacNuclearMedicineStudies.Radiology.

Existing surveys of radiopharmaceutical doses for U.S. nuclear medicine laboratories are of limited scope and size. Dose data are important because they can be used to benchmark individual laboratories, understand geographic variations in practice, and provide source data for societal guidelines and appropriateness criteria. Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) and achievable administered activities (AAAs) for 13 noncardiac adult gamma camera and PET/CT examinations were derived retrospectively from American College of Radiology accreditation data (January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017). The calculated DRL and AAA are consistent with previously published surveys. The distributions of radiopharmaceutical doses across facilities are in general consistent but show variation within a particular examination. Analysis of dose distribution suggests this variation results from differences in clinical protocols, educational gaps, and/or e...