Tailoring 99mTc-Macroaggregated Albumin Administration to Optimize Patient Dose Reduction.

Unlabelled: In the ever-changing field of nuclear medicine, best-practice considerations cannot simply go unchallenged for months and years, with the need to minimize radiation exposure to patients highlighted in "as low as reasonably achievable" principles. The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency reports that the dose for (99m)Tc-macroaggregated albumin ((99m)Tc-MAA) administered should be 180-200 MBq. An objective of imaging in pulmonary embolism, or indeed any diagnostic procedure involving radiation, is to minimize radiation exposure without sacrificing image quality and diagnostic accuracy.