Effective dose and risk assessment in 18F-FDG PET/CT examinations of lymphoma patients using updated dose coefficients
PET/CT scans involve radiation exposure that varies with age and sex, posing higher risks to radiosensitive organs especially at younger ages.
Authors
- Yazdan Salimi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1233-9576)
- Forough Jafarian-Dehkordi
- Esmail Jafari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9249-9248)
- Christoph Hoeschen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-1107)
- Majid Assadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2166-3765)
Institutions
- University Hospital of Geneva (CH)
- Bushehr University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physica Medica
- Published
- 2026-01-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2025.105712
- Primary Topic
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00