@article{5b16519159be4af6bb0ee1c82f2fc39a,
title = "Very‐Low‐Dose Radiation and Clinical Molecular Nuclear Medicine",
abstract = "Emerging molecular and precision medicine makes nuclear medicine a de facto choice of imaging, especially in the era of target‐oriented medical care. Nuclear medicine is minimally inva-sive, four‐dimensional (space and time or dynamic space), and functional imaging using radioactive biochemical tracers in evaluating human diseases on an anatomically configured image. Many ra-diopharmaceuticals are also used in therapies. However, there have been concerns over the emis-sion of radiation from the radionuclides, resulting in wrongly neglecting the potential benefits against little or any risks at all of imaging to the patients. The sound concepts of radiation and radiation protection are critical for promoting the optimal use of radiopharmaceuticals to patients, and alleviating concerns from caregivers, nuclear medicine staff, medical colleagues, and the public alike.",
keywords = "nuclear medicine, protection, radiation, radionuclides, risks, therapy",
author = "Tsai, {Chi Jung} and Chang, {Kang Wei} and Yang, {Bang Hung} and Wu, {Ping Hsiu} and Lin, {Ko Han} and Wong, {Ching Yee Oliver} and Lee, {Hsin Lun} and Huang, {Wen Sheng}",
note = "Funding Information: This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (MOST 109‐2314‐B‐038‐151 and B‐075‐052‐MY2, MOST 110‐2314‐B‐038‐167), the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan (DP2‐111‐21121‐01‐C‐03‐03), and Taipei Medical University Hospital (110TMU‐TMUH‐02‐3, TMU109‐AE1‐B27, 110‐AE1‐B26). Funding Information: Funding: This study was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (MOST 109‐2314‐B‐038‐151 and B‐075‐052‐MY2, MOST 110‐2314‐B‐038‐167), the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan (DP2‐111‐21121‐01‐C‐03‐03), and Tai‐ pei Medical University Hospital (110TMU‐TMUH‐02‐3, TMU109‐AE1‐B27, 110‐AE1‐B26). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
doi = "10.3390/life12060912",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "Life",
issn = "0024-3019",
publisher = "Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)",
number = "6",
}