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This chapter illustrates a practical radiation protection problem experienced at an installation of the second PET/CT equipment at a nuclear medicine department. It had to be installed in an existing building and where the choice of localities had to be done for reasons other than radiation protection. The process and the methods for calculations and measurements are described and references made to up-to-date reports describing shielding calculation methodologies for PET and X-ray facilities.
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Lonsdale, M.N. (2013). Examples of Shielding Calculations for a PET/CT Installation. In: Mattsson, S., Hoeschen, C. (eds) Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31167-3_9
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