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. 2021 Feb;62(2):158-159.
doi: 10.2967/jnumed.120.257402. Epub 2020 Dec 11.

11C Dosimetry Scans Should Be Abandoned

Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara  1 , Adriaan A Lammertsma  2 , Robert B Innis  3
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11C Dosimetry Scans Should Be Abandoned

Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara et al. J Nucl Med. 2021 Feb.
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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
Scatterplots showing estimation of human effective dose (ED) for 11C tracers (n = 77) and for 18F tracers (n = 144). Dose of 11C tracers is about one fourth that of 18F tracers, and its variability lower.
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