Bergeron, D.
and Cessna, J.
(2018),
An update on “dose calibrator” settings for nuclides used in nuclear medicine, Nuclear Medicine Communications, [online], https://doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000833
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An update on dose calibrator settings for nuclides used in nuclear medicine
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Most clinical measurements of radioactivity, whether for therapeutic or imaging nuclides, rely on commercial reentrant ionization chambers (dose calibrators). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) maintains a battery of representative calibrators and works to link calibration settings (dial settings) to primary radioactivity standards. Here, we provide a summary of NIST-determined dial settings for 22 radionuclides, including several previously unreported settings. In general, current manufacturer-provided calibration settings give activities that agree with NIST standards to within a few percent.Citation
Nuclear Medicine Communications
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39
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6
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Keywords
radionuclide calibrator, activimeter, dial setting, nuclear medicine, quantitative imaging
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