Intercomparison of activity measurements for β-emitters in Swiss nuclear medicine laboratories

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Wastiel, Claude ^a   Valley, Jean François ^a   Delaloye, Angelika Bischof ^a   Leresche, Michel ^a   Linder, Reto ^b   Sassowsky, Manfred ^c   Bochud, François O ^a,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^c METAS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

emitter; Dose calibrator; Intercomparison

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM 169; YTTRIUM 90; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE; BETA RADIATION; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

BETA RAYS; CALIBRATION; LABORATORIES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33644892821     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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