Automated dispensing and calibration of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
| Autor: | Kune Y. Suh, Mohammad Nazififard, Simin Mahdizadeh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
Accuracy and precision Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Computer science Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Radiation exposure Automation Activity measurements Radiation Protection Dose dispenser Occupational Exposure Calibration Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiopharmaceuticals Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals Radiometry Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 154(4) |
| ISSN: | 1742-3406 |
| Popis: | A real-time automatic dose dispenser (RADD) has been designed and fabricated for automatic withdrawal and calibration of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals such as those labelled with (99m)Tc. This system enhances the accuracy and precision of activity measurements and reduces personal radiation exposure. The structure, function, user-friendliness and performance of this device are described and examined for diagnostic activities of (99m)Tc ranging from 50 to 650 MBq. The results show that the RADD minimises the likelihood of miscalibration of radiopharmaceuticals due to human error and results in significantly reduced variability (i.e. higher precision) in dispensed activities of radiopharmaceuticals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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