Nuclear medicine
Adaptation of the QUANUM platform for internal audits in nuclear medicine in Brazil
... Nuclear Medicine (NM) is a medical specialty that uses safe, painless and mostly non-invasive methods providing information that other diagnostic exams ...
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Simulations of Radioactive Decays: an Application of Low-Energy Electromagnetic Packages for the Nuclear Medicine
... Problems of the radiobiology and the nuclear medicine require clarifying the specifi cs of radionuclides interactions with unhealthy cells. In this work we aimed to simulate emitting particles tracks of ...
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Improving Nuclear Medicine Practices in Cardiology in the Emerging Economies: Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency
... Within the UN family, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has the mandate to promote safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies. The IAEA is strongly committed to accomplish the 2030 UN Agenda ...
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Nuclear Medicine Methods in the Assessment of Acupuncture Effects: A Short Review
... the nuclear medicine image could lead to misdiagnosis or the necessity to repeat the examination increasing the radiation dose to the patient and staff (Hladik III et ...
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Mo Contamination in a Nuclear Medicine Patient Submitted to a Diagnostic Procedure with
... According to the International Commission of Radiological Protection (ICRP, 1993), 25% of molybdenum which enters the blood deposits in the liver. Bone and kidney are also deposition sites, with fractions of 10 and 5%, ...
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Internal Exposure in Nuclear Medicine: Application of IAEA Criteria to Determine the Need for Internal Monitoring
... A comparative approach based on the exposure scenarios and safety conditions adopted in this work indicates that the use of 131 I presents the higher risk of intake by workers. However, due to costs associated with ...
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Copper, samarium and holmium complexes with tetraazamacrocycles potencially interesting for nuclear medicine
... Nuclear Medicine plays a significant role in a wide range of pathologies, namely inflammation, neurological disorders, cardiovascular diseases and ...of Nuclear Medicine is growing more ...of ...
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Implementation of internal monitoring programs for workers occupationally exposed by 131I in nuclear medicine services in Brazil
... According to national and international regulations, the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) of the facility is responsible for managing the Radiation Protection Programme (RPP) and, based on monitoring results, to implement ...
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The Role of Nuclear Medicine in The Diagnosis and Management of Solitary Pulmonary Nodules
... tomography. Nuclear medicine techniques play an important role in the diagnosis and management of ...different nuclear medicine modalities in this regard including positron emission tomography ...
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Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Biology; A big step forward to advance scientific publication & cooperation in the region.
... of Nuclear Medicine & biology (AOJNMB) is the official publication of Asia Oceania Fed- eration of Nuclear Medicine & Biology ...
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INTERNAL DOSIMETRY IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE
... There are many diverse radiopharmaceuticals employed in diagnostic imaging of nuclear medicine patients. The number and type of agents is constantly changing, so it is a challenge to maintain organized ...
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Comparative analysis of equipment performance in nuclear medicine
... 448 Nuclear Medicine Services (NMS) in Brazil that have to comply with the standards and regulations stablished by Brazilian regulatory agencies, the Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN) and ...
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Comparative evaluation of gamma cameras performance for internal monitoring of workers exposed to I-131 in nuclear medicine services
... therapy and there are available only five laboratories qualified to provide internal monitoring services. This scenario turns impossible to attend all possible demand for internal monitoring if such regulation is ...
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Effect of a Peel Passion Fruit Flour (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) Extract on the Labeling of Blood Constituents with Technetium-99m and on the Morphology of Red Blood Cells
... Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa (maracuja) is a fruit consumed in Brazil and worldwide. Blood constituents labeled with technetium-99m (99mTc) are used in nuclear medicine. The effect of P. flavicarpa ...
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Current Practices in Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Brazil and Adherence to the IAEA Recommendations: Results of a Cross‑Sectional Study
... Results: We observed that 100% of the nuclear medicine services (NMS) assessed do not use thallium-201 as the preferred protocol. Regarding the use of technetium-99m, 57% of the NMS administer activities ...
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Radiol Bras vol.44 número3
... of nuclear medicine ...of nuclear medicine professionals and considered as an aid in the training in this ...of nuclear medicine ...
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Development of a methodology for the analysis of radionuclide impurities in radiopharmaceuticals by gamma-ray spectrometry
... In this first step we were able to first establish an overview of the bibliographies that carried out studies for the quantification and / or analysis of radionuclide impurities each with a particular crite- rion. Here, ...
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Radiol Bras vol.47 número5
... Materials and Methods: A software called DoRadIo (Dosimetria das Radiações Ionizantes [Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry]) was developed to receive information about source organs and target organs, generating graphical and ...
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Programa estándar de control de calidad para un sistema de tomografía por emisión de positrones-tomografía computarizada (pet-ct) utilizado en la fundación valle del Lili
... el Nuclear Medicine Accreditation Program, que incluye el PET Module, donde se dan instrucciones para la evaluación de la imagen PET (PET Phantom instructions for Evaluation for PET imagen quality) [ 6 ], ...
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Letter of Editor-in-Chief
... It is my pleasure to welcome you in the third issue of Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine and I hope you find it interesting. In this issue, beside the valuable original articles and an interesting case report, a ...
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