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Calibration setting numbers for dose calibrators for the PET isotopes (52)Mn, (64)Cu, (76)Br, (86)Y, (89)Zr, (124)I.
Wooten, A Lake; Lewis, Benjamin C; Szatkowski, Daniel J; Sultan, Deborah H; Abdin, Kinda I; Voller, Thomas F; Liu, Yongjian; Lapi, Suzanne E.
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  • Wooten AL; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, Campus Box 1097, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63
  • Lewis BC; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States; Department of Physics, Washington University in Saint Louis, United States.
  • Szatkowski DJ; Radiation Safety Office, Washington University in Saint Louis, Campus Box 8053, United States.
  • Sultan DH; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States.
  • Abdin KI; Radiation Safety Office, Washington University in Saint Louis, Campus Box 8053, United States.
  • Voller TF; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States.
  • Liu Y; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States.
  • Lapi SE; Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 4540 Parkview Place, Campus Box 8225, Saint Louis, MO 63110, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in Saint Louis, Campus Box 1097, 1 Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63
Appl Radiat Isot ; 113: 89-95, 2016 07.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27152914
ABSTRACT
For PET radionuclides, the radioactivity of a sample can be conveniently measured by a dose calibrator. These devices depend on a "calibration setting number", but many recommended settings from manuals were interpolated based on standard sources of other radionuclide(s). We conducted HPGe gamma-ray spectroscopy, resulting in a reference for determining settings in two types of vessels containing one of several PET radionuclides. Our results reiterate the notion that in-house, experimental calibrations are recommended for different radionuclides and vessels.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Radioisótopos / Radiometria / Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Radioisótopos / Radiometria / Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2016 Tipo de documento: Article