title: Role of Reference Levels in Nuclear Medicine: A Report of the SNMMI Dose Optimization Task Force.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington aalessio@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alessio
authors.affiliation: Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, Ellicott City, Maryland; and.
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Frederic H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Fahey
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012015:Reference Standards; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals