Exposures from nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures: the dose impact on the Aosta Valley population.

Abstract:

:The present work evaluates the per-procedure, annual collective and per-capita effective doses to the Aosta Valley region population from nuclear medicine (NM) examinations performed from 2005 to 2011 at the regional NM department. Based on its demographical and socioeconomics characteristics, this area can be considered as representative of the level I countries, as defined by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. The NM per-procedures effective doses were within the range of 0.018-35 mSv. A steady frequency per 10 000 inhabitants has been observed, together with a decrease for thyroid and whole-body bone scintigraphy. Myocardial and bone scintigraphy studies were the major contributors to the total collective effective dose. The mean annual collective and per-capita effective doses to the population were 15 man Sv y(-1) and 120 µSv y(-1), respectively. The NM contribution to the total per-capita effective dose accounts for 5.9 % of that due to the medical ionising radiation examinations overall.

journal_name

Radiat Prot Dosimetry

authors

Aimonetto S,Arrichiello C,Peruzzo Cornetto A,Catuzzo P,Zeverino M,Poti C,Meloni T,Pasquino M,Tofani S

doi

10.1093/rpd/nct158

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

339-47

issue

3

eissn

0144-8420

issn

1742-3406

pii

nct158

journal_volume

157

pub_type

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