[Radiation exposure from diagnostic nuclear medicine in Germany 1992 (the former Federal Republic)].
Up to now, exact data on the frequency and collective effective dose of nuclear medicine examinations were missing for Germany. On the basis of official reimbursement statistics for outpatients, compiled by the Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung, the total frequency of nuclear medicine examinations is estimated. 2.3 million examinations have been performed in 1992 in the western part of Germany, corresponding to 35 examinations per 1000 inhabitants. 77% of the patients examined were older than 40 years. Thyroid scintigraphy leads the frequency statistics with 51%, followed by bone scintigraphy (28%) and myocardial perfusion scans (7%). The mean effective dose per examination according to ICRP 53, amounts to 3.5 mSv which corresponds to 0.12 mSv per caput. The major contributions to the collective effective dose derive from bone scintigraphy (39%) and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (35%); the contribution of thyroid scintigraphy to the collective effective dose is only 10%. If the data are corrected for sex and age, the collective effective dose is reduced to 1.4 mSv per examination and to 0.05 mSv per caput, respectively.
Reiners
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Klinik und Poliklink für Nuklearmedizin, Universität-GHS-Essen, FRG.
Sonnenschein
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D000367:Age Factors; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005708:Gallium; D005860:Germany, West; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013667:Technetium; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D013667:Technetium; D005708:Gallium
Die Strahlenexposition durch nuklearmedizinische Untersuchungen in in Deutschland 1992 (alte Bundesländer).