This work provides an estimation of the exposure of the Portuguese population to ionizing
radiation due to radiodiagnostic (x-ray and nuclear medicine (NM)) procedures, between …

Radiation exposures for medical purposes is remained the main sources to public from
manmade radiation. The aims of the study are to patients' radiation doses during specific …

Introduction The purpose of this study was to present the optimization process of CT
parameters to reduce patient exposure during bone SPECT/CT without affecting the quality …

Purpose In order to introduce the concept of diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in the
national nuclear medicine practice a survey was proposed and completed through all …

Purpose Our purpose was to compare the procedural characteristics, success rate, and
complication rate of the conventional fluoroscopic (CF) and the zero-fluoroscopic (ZF) …

(1) Background: The frequency of imaging tests grew exponentially in recent years. This
increase may differ according to a patient's sex, age, or socioeconomic status. We aim to …

Background: Safety, efficacy, and patient comfort are the expectations during pulmonary
vein isolation (PVI). We aimed to validate the combined advantages of pre-and …

This study represents an update of Tehran population exposure from the diagnostic nuclear
medicine procedures and the annual collective effective dose during 2011–14. The …

Purpose: Our purpose was to compare the procedural characteristics, success rate, and
complication rate of the conventional fluoroscopic (CF) and the zero-fluoroscopic (ZF) …

Introduction: Recent developments in medical imaging have led to rapid increases in the
number of high dose radiation examinations for individual patient and for collective dose to …