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Research ArticleRadiation Safety

Development of Simple Methods to Reduce the Exposure of the Public to Radiation from Patients Who Have Undergone 18F-FDG PET/CT

Razi Muzaffar, Elyse Koester, Sarah Frye, Saud Alenezi, Barbara B. Sterkel and Medhat M. Osman
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2020, 48 (1) 63-67; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.119.233296
Razi Muzaffar
1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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Elyse Koester
2Division of Nuclear Medicine, St. Louis University Hospital, SSM Health, St. Louis, Missouri
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Sarah Frye
3Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapeutics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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Saud Alenezi
1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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Barbara B. Sterkel
4Diagnostic Imaging Service VA, St. Louis Health Care System, Saint Louis, Missouri
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Medhat M. Osman
1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
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vol. 48 no. 1 63-67
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.119.233296
PubMed 
31604894

Published By 
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Print ISSN 
0091-4916
Online ISSN 
1535-5675
History 
  • Received for publication July 2, 2019
  • Accepted for publication August 21, 2019
  • Published online March 6, 2020.

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  1. Razi Muzaffar1,
  2. Elyse Koester2,
  3. Sarah Frye3,
  4. Saud Alenezi1,
  5. Barbara B. Sterkel4 and
  6. Medhat M. Osman1
  1. 1Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri
  2. 2Division of Nuclear Medicine, St. Louis University Hospital, SSM Health, St. Louis, Missouri
  3. 3Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapeutics, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri; and
  4. 4Diagnostic Imaging Service VA, St. Louis Health Care System, Saint Louis, Missouri
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Medhat M. Osman, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University, 3635 Vista Ave., 2-DT, St. Louis, MO 63110. E-mail: medhat.osman{at}health.slu.edu
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