ACR–AAPM–ACNM–SNMMI PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR REFERENCE LEVELS AND ACHIEVABLE ADMINISTERED ACTIVITY FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II. QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

III. NUCLEAR MEDICINE RLS FOR IMAGING WITH IONIZING RADIATION

IV. PATIENT SPECIFIC DOSIMETRY

V. RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VI. QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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