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Radiation Exposure Dose of Handlers Using 18F-FDG in Small Animal Image Acquisition Experiments

  • Ik Soo Kim (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Sun Young Yoon (Department of Radiology, Nambu University) ;
  • Hwa Yeon Yeo (Department of Radiology, Nambu University)
  • Received : 2023.06.21
  • Accepted : 2023.09.22
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to confirm the safety of the operator's radiation exposure in the micro PET-CT image acquisition experiment using the 18F-FDG. The usage of 18F-FDG and the exposure dose of handlers were measured at University B in Metropolitan City A, which uses 18F-FDG for micro PET-CT image acquisition. As a result of the measurement, the exposure dose is far below the effective dose limit of radiation workers, 50 mSv per year, and the equivalent dose limit of 500 mSv per year for hands, feet, and skin. has been measured Since these exposure doses can be further increased according to the number of times of use of 18F-FDG, it is judged that the exposure dose compared to the handling amount of 18F-FDG shown in this study can be used as reference data. In addition, as changed environments such as the use of materials other than unopened RI are occurring in education and research environments, such as the use of 18F-FDG at University B, radiation exposure with more interest in safety management by checking the factors of radiation exposure of the handler concerned We will always do our best to reduce it.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported(in part) by research funds from Nambu University, 2022.

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