Hybrid imaging procedures such as single-photon emission computed
tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) and positron emission …

New imaging technologies utilising X-rays and radiopharmaceuticals have developed
rapidly. Clinical application of computed tomography (CT) has revolutionised medical …

Hybrid imaging, such as SPECT/CT, is used in routine clinical practice, allowing
coregistered images of the functional and structural information provided by the two imaging …

Clinical studies have demonstrated that hybrid single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT)/CT for various diagnostic issues has an added value as compared to …

In oncology practice, the CT component of PET/CT may be used for attenuation correction,
lesion localization, and CT diagnosis, and significantly enhances the clinical benefit of PET …

Objective To assess the patient radiation dose during routine clinical single-photon emission
computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT) and measure the increase as …

The aim of this work is to estimate patient doses from hybrid single-photon emission
computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) procedures. The study …

Nuclear medicine has evolved from the use of radioiodine compounds to visualise thyroid
function to the use of radiopharmaceuticals that can visualise complicated intracellular …

As outlined in NCRP Report No. 160 of the US National Council on Radiation Protection and
Measurements (NCRP), the average value of the effective dose to exposed individuals in the …

Given the central roles that anatomical and functional imaging now play in medical practice,
there have been concerns about the increasing levels of radiation exposure and their …