RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effect of Technetium-99m on a Computerized Tomography Scan
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP 231
OP 232
VO 8
IS 4
A1 Chopp, Michael
A1 Hartson, Mary
YR 1980
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/8/4/231.abstract
AB We compared the photon fluence of 20 mCi of Tc-99m to the x-ray photon fluence found in a computerized tomography scan. Diagnostic radionuclide activities of Tc-99m used in nuclear medicine are found to have a negligible effect on the information content of a CT scan.