Performance evaluation of commercial radionuclide calibrators in Indonesian hospitals
- 1. Center for Technology of Radiation Safety and Metrology, National Nuclear Energy Agency, P.O. Box 7043-JKSKL, Jakarta Selatan 12070 (Indonesia)
Description
Dose calibrator is one of the supporting equipments in the field of nuclear medicine. At the hospitals, dose calibrator is used for activity measurement of radiopharmaceutical before it is administered to patients. Comparison of activity measurements of 131I and 99mTc with dose calibrators was organized in Indonesia during 2007–2010 with the the aim of obtaining information dose calibrator performance in the hospitals. Seven Indonesian hospitals participated in this comparison. The measurement results were evaluated using the En criteria. The result presented in this paper facilitated the evaluation of dose calibrator performance at several hospitals. - Highlights: ► National comparisons of 131I and 99mTc radionuclides in Indonesian hospitals. ► Standardization using a Centronic IG11/A20 4πγ Ionization Chamber and participants using commercial radionuclide calibrators. ► Performance radionuclide calibrator in nuclear medicine in Indonesia. ► Measurement of activity of 99mTc and 131I was found satisfactory.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.113Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.113;
- PII
- S0969-8043(12)00161-3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2243-2245
- ISSN
- 0969-8043
- CODEN
- ARISEF
Conference
- Title
- 18. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
- Dates
- 19-23 Sep 2011
- Place
- Tsukuba (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44101222
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- IODINE 131; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PATIENTS; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNETIUM 99
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; DRUGS; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.