Routine quality control of clinical nuclear medicine instrumentation: a brief review.
This article reviews routine quality-control (QC) procedures for current nuclear medicine instrumentation, including the survey meter, dose calibrator, well counter, intraoperative probe, organ ("thyroid") uptake probe, gamma-camera, SPECT and SPECT/CT scanner, and PET and PET/CT scanner. It should be particularly useful for residents, fellows, and other trainees in nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology, and radiology. The procedures described and their respective frequencies are presented only as general guidelines.
Zanzonico
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Departments of Medical Physics and Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA. Zanzonip@mskcc.org
D015902:Gamma Cameras / Q000592:standards; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012015:Reference Standards; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed / Q000592:standards; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards