Case Report
The Role of PET Camera Emission as an Alternative Method for Radioactivity Spillage Measurement during PET/CT Study
| Hishar Hassan*, Fathinul Fikri Ahmad Saad and Rosli Md. Yusof | |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia | |
| Corresponding Author : | Hishar Hassan Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang Selangor 43400, Malaysia Tel: +60389471641 FAX: +60389472775 E-mail: hishar.hassan@gmail.com |
| Received October 14, 2014; Accepted December 03, 2014; Published December 06, 2014 | |
| Citation: Hassan H, Saad FFA, Yusof RM (2014) The Role of PET Camera Emission as an Alternative Method for Radioactivity Spillage Measurement during PET/CT Study. OMICS J Radiol 3:174. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000174 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Hassan H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Urinary incontinence in patients undergoing PET/CT study using 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is a usual encounter during the normal examination. Nevertheless, the potential role of PET camera as an alternative method for radioactivity spillage measurement has never been reported.
