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Radiation safety is an extremely important issue for nuclear cardiology laboratories. It is mandatory that imaging facilities operate in compliance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations (http://www.nrc.gov) and/or those imposed by the state and local agencies in states not directly under NRC supervision (“agreement states”) or similar agencies in other countries.
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Wackers, F.J.T., Bruni, W., Zaret, B.L. (2004). Radiation Safety. In: Nuclear Cardiology: The Basics. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-426-9_3
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