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Evaluation of performance of activimeter used in nuclear medicine for radiopharmaceuticals activity measure

  • 1. Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria (IRD/CNEN-RJ/LNMRI), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Lab. Nacional de Metrologia das Radiacoes Ionizantes
  • 2. Comissao Nacional de Energia Nuclear (ESPOA/CNEN-RS), Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil). Escritorio de Porto Alegre

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This paper presents the performance evaluation of radionuclide calibrators of Nuclear Medicine Centers located in Rio de Janeiro state and Porto Alegre city at the criterion of accuracy required by the standard NN-3.05 of the National Commission on Nuclear Energy for measuring of activity of radiopharmaceuticals. Of total of 203 results evaluated for 99mTc, 131I, 67Ga and 201Tl, 88% showed acceptable performance according to this criterion. Ideally, and fully attainable, the performance should be 100%, for the benefit of patients undergoing nuclear medicine procedures. (author)

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Original title (Portuguese)
Avaliacao de desempenho dos ativimetros utilizados na medicina nuclear para medicao de atividade de radiofarmacos

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
INIS-BR--15160

Conference

Title
7. Brazilian congress on metrology
Acronym
Metrology 2013
Dates
24-27 Nov 2013
Place
Ouro Preto, MG (Brazil)