Some results of a simulated test for administration of activity in nuclear medicine

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-484

  Oropesa, P ^a,d   Hernandez A T ^a   Serra, R A ^a   Varela, C ^b   Woods, M J ^c  

^a Centro de Isotopos Cuba   (Cuba)

^b Centro de Control Estatal de Equipos Medicos CCEEM   (Cuba)

^c Ionising Radiation Metrology Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Activimeter; Activity measurements; Administered activity; Fisher exact test; Nuclear medicine; Radionuclide calibrator

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADIOISOTOPES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACTIVIMETER; ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ADMINISTERED ACTIVITY; FISHER EXACT TEST; RADIONUCLIDE CALIBRATOR;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYRINGE;

CALIBRATION; HALF-LIFE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 32044452918     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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