OPTIMIZACIJA U NUKLEARNOJ MEDICINI
OPTIMIZATION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Author(s): Elma Kučukalić - Selimović, Amra Skopljak-Beganović
Contributor(s): Adnan Arnautlija (Translator)
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: nuclear medicine; optimization; radiation protection;
Summary/Abstract: Optimizing the use of ionizing radiation sources is one of the basic principles promoted by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), and as such it has become a part of domestic and international regulations. The Ordinance on the Protection from Ionizing Radiation in Medical Exposure, which is a transposition of the European Directive 2013/59/Euratom, requires the users to apply this principle in nuclear medicine. Optimization methods are used in nuclear medicine in order to obtain an interpretive finding with minimal exposure of the patient to ionizing radiation. Optimization methods for nuclear medicine examinations include selecting appropriate radiopharmaceuticals, selecting the appropriate radioactive isotope activity and analyzing image quality, extending the acquisition time, selecting the appropriate collimator, etc. The optimization process is a team effort, involving a specialist in nuclear medicine, a medical physicist and a medical radiology engineer. An optimized protocol for any examination should be available to staff involved in nuclear medicine work tasks.

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