Published October 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Standardization of 18F by coincidence and LSC methods

  • 1. Laboratorio de Metrologia de Radiaciones Ionizantes, CIEMAT, Avda. Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid (Spain)

Description

The nuclide 18F disintegrates to 18O by β + emission (96.86%) and electron capture (3.14%) with a half-life of 1.8288 h. It is widely used in nuclear medicine for positron emission tomography (PET). A radioactive solution of this nuclide has been standardized by two techniques: coincidence measurements with a pressurized proportional counter and liquid scintillation counting using the CIEMAT/NIST method. One ampoule containing a solution calibrated in activity was sent for measurement at the International Reference System maintained by the BIPM. Results are in excellent agreement with SIR values

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.077;
PII
S0969-8043(06)00064-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
10-11
Journal Page Range
p. 1199-1202
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
15. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
Acronym
ICRM 2005
Dates
5-9 Sep 2005
Place
Oxford (United Kingdom)

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