Radiation from patients undergoing other diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclide procedures such as bone scans or radioiodine therapy may ... set by each country for each staff category (nuclear ...

It is known as nuclear medicine because of the way in which radioactive isotopes are used to create the scans. Lee Evans, radiology risk manager, said the new scanner combined the best of both ...

Major reductions in radiation doses from PET/CT scans can be achieved by modifying the acquisition parameters for CT. Conventional radiographic examinations such as chest, abdominal and bone X-rays ...