Routine quality control recommendations for nuclear medicine instrumentation

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 662-671

  Busemann Sokole, Ellinor ^a   Płachcínska, Anna ^b   Britten, Alan ^c   Lyra Georgosopoulou, Maria ^d   Tindale, Wendy ^e   Klett, Rigobert ^f  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Gamma camera; Gamma counting system; Nonimaging intraoperative probe; Nuclear medicine instrumentation; PET; Preclinical PET; Quality assurance; Quality control; Radiation monitors; Radionuclide calibrator; SPECT; Thyroid uptake probe

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77949271570     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1347-y     Document Type: Review

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