Body Weight-Based Protocols During Whole Body FDG PET/CT Significantly Reduces Radiation Dose without Compromising

Charbel Saade1, Ahmad Ammous1, Alain S Abi-Ghanem1

  • 1Diagnostic Radiology Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon. P.O.Box: 11-0236 Riad El-Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon.

Academic Radiology
|August 27, 2018
PubMed
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