TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN HYBRID IMAGING AND IMPACT ON DOSE.
Mattsson, Sören LU ; Andersson, Martin LU and Söderberg, Marcus LU
(2015)
In Radiation Protection Dosimetry
165(1-4).
p.410-415
- Abstract
- New imaging technologies utilising X-rays and radiopharmaceuticals have developed rapidly. Clinical application of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionised medical imaging and plays an enormous role in medical care. Due to technical improvements, spatial, contrast and temporal resolutions have continuously improved. In spite of significant reduction of CT doses during recent years, CT is still a dominating source of radiation exposure to the population. Combinations with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) and especially the use of SPECT/CT and PET/CT, provide important additional information about physiology as well as cellular and molecular events. However, significant dose... (More)
- New imaging technologies utilising X-rays and radiopharmaceuticals have developed rapidly. Clinical application of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionised medical imaging and plays an enormous role in medical care. Due to technical improvements, spatial, contrast and temporal resolutions have continuously improved. In spite of significant reduction of CT doses during recent years, CT is still a dominating source of radiation exposure to the population. Combinations with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) and especially the use of SPECT/CT and PET/CT, provide important additional information about physiology as well as cellular and molecular events. However, significant dose contributions from SPECT and PET occur, making PET/CT and SPECT/CT truly high dose procedures. More research should be done to find optimal activities of radiopharmaceuticals for various patient groups and investigations. The implementation of simple protocol adjustments, including individually based administration, encouraged hydration, forced diuresis and use of optimised voiding intervals, laxatives, etc., can reduce the radiation exposure to the patients. New data about staff doses to fingers, hands and eye lenses indicate that finger doses could be a problem, but not doses to the eye lenses and to the whole body. (Less)
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- Mattsson, Sören
LU
; Andersson, Martin
LU
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LU
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- 2015-10-14
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- Contribution to journal
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- Radiation Protection Dosimetry
- volume
- 165
- issue
- 1-4
- pages
- 410 - 415
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
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- wos:000371607500018
- pmid:25802466
- ISSN
- 1742-3406
- DOI
- 10.1093/rpd/ncv024
- project
- Image quality / radiation doses for CT examinations
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- English
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