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Review
. 2020;8(5):303-305.
doi: 10.1007/s40336-020-00391-z. Epub 2020 Sep 24.

Surveys on COVID-19 in nuclear medicine: what happened and what we learned

Salvatore Annunziata  1 , Domenico Albano  2 , Riccardo Laudicella  3 , Matteo Bauckneht  4 ; Young Committee of the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine (AIMN)
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Review

Surveys on COVID-19 in nuclear medicine: what happened and what we learned

Salvatore Annunziata et al. Clin Transl Imaging. 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: To summarize and comment the available surveys on the impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Medicine (NM) departments.

Methods: Recent surveys about the impact of COVID-19 on Nuclear Medicine (NM) departments have been searched on available scientific database.

Results: Three surveys have been found and commented. Some differences among the surveys should be kept in mind. All studies agreed that COVID-19 had a relevant impact on NM departments.

Conclusion: Surveys about the impact of COVID-19 in NM could improve the departments' daily activities, to find a compromise between the security protocols suggested by international guidelines.

Keywords: COVID; Nuclear Medicine; Survey.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.

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