title: National comparison of 131I measurement among nuclear medicine clinics of eight countries.
abstract: A generally applicable protocol for organizing comparisons among nuclear medicine clinics created within the IAEA project CRP E2.10.05 was tested in Brazil, Cuba, Czech Republic, India, Iran, Republic of Korea, Romania and Turkey in 2007. Comparisons of measurement of (131)I were organized by local pilot laboratories with different backgrounds and levels of experience in this field. The results and experiences gained were compared and analyzed. A majority of results in each national comparison were within 10% of the reference value.
authors.affiliation: Czech Metrology Institute, Praha, Czech Republic. volsovcova@cmi.cz
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olsovcová
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwahara
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oropesa
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Anuradha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravindra
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghafoori
authors.forename: Hye-Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahagia
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tastan
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D007391:International Cooperation; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D008722:Methods; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015588:Observer Variation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes