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Table 1 Overview of the included articles: author, year of publication, country in which the study was performed, number of included PET/CT and/or SPECT/CT devices in the study and whether nDRLs were reported

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis on the radiation dose of computed tomography in hybrid nuclear medicine imaging

Author

Year

Country

N° of included PET/CT

N° of included SPECT/CT

Data on nDRLs

Tzampazidou et al. [32]

2021

Greece

1

 

No

Masoomi et al. [29]

2021

Kuwait

8

 

Yes

Peric et al. [31]

2021

Slovenia

3

 

No

Abe et al. [30]

2020

Japan

Yes

Alkhybari et al. [22]

2019

Australia,

New Zealand

9

4

 

Yes

Bebbington et al. [24]

2019

Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

34

49

Yes

Chipiga et al. [25]

2019

Russia

26

 

No

Masoomi et al. [27]

2019

Kuwait

7

 

Yes

Brindhaban et al. [33]

2019

Kuwait

 

7

No

Lima et al. [13]

2018

Switzerland

19

24

Yes

Iball et al. [8]

2017

United Kingdom

33

43

Yes

ARPANSA [20]

2017

Australia

Yes

Avramova-Cholakova et al. [23]

2017

Bulgaria

6

 

No

Marti-Climent et al. [12]

2017

Spain

1

 

No

Tonkopi et al. [3]

2016

Canada

 

1

No

Kwon et al. [26]

2016

Korea

105

 

Yes

Sireus et al. [34]

2016

Italy

1

 

No

Abdollahi et al. [35]

2016

Iran

 

1

No

Jallow et al. [36]

2016

USA

158

 

Yes

Rausch et al. [37]

2016

Austria

 

1

No

Alessio et al. [21]

2015

USA

35

 

No

Avramova-Cholakova et al. [11]

2015

Bulgaria

 

4

Yes

Nye et al. [28]

2014

USA

 

35

No

Tonkopi et al. [9]

2013

Canada

1

 

No

Kaushik et al. [38]

2013

India

1

 

No

Etard et al. [5]

2012

France

56

 

Yes

Brix et al. [6]

2005

Germany

4

 

No

  1. N°, number; nDRLs, national diagnostic reference levels; ARPANSA, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency