Activity measurements of 18F and 90Y with commercial radionuclide calibrators for nuclear medicine in Switzerland.
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_914332C6DCD8
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Activity measurements of 18F and 90Y with commercial radionuclide calibrators for nuclear medicine in Switzerland.
Périodique
Applied Radiation and Isotopes : Including Data, Instrumentation and Methods For Use In Agriculture, Industry and Medicine
ISSN
1872-9800[electronic], 0969-8043[linking]
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2010
Volume
68
Numéro
7-8
Pages
1388-1391
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The activity of radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine is measured before patient injection with radionuclide calibrators. In Switzerland, the general requirements for quality controls are defined in a federal ordinance and a directive of the Federal Office of Metrology (METAS) which require each instrument to be verified. A set of three gamma sources (Co-57, Cs-137 and Co-60) is used to verify the response of radionuclide calibrators in the gamma energy range of their use. A beta source, a mixture of (90)Sr and (90)Y in secular equilibrium, is used as well. Manufacturers are responsible for the calibration factors. The main goal of the study was to monitor the validity of the calibration factors by using two sources: a (90)Sr/(90)Y source and a (18)F source. The three types of commercial radionuclide calibrators tested do not have a calibration factor for the mixture but only for (90)Y. Activity measurements of a (90)Sr/(90)Y source with the (90)Y calibration factor are performed in order to correct for the extra-contribution of (90)Sr. The value of the correction factor was found to be 1.113 whereas Monte Carlo simulations of the radionuclide calibrators estimate the correction factor to be 1.117. Measurements with (18)F sources in a specific geometry are also performed. Since this radionuclide is widely used in Swiss hospitals equipped with PET and PET-CT, the metrology of the (18)F is very important. The (18)F response normalized to the (137)Cs response shows that the difference with a reference value does not exceed 3% for the three types of radionuclide calibrators.
Mots-clé
Calibration, Equipment Design, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/analysis, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/standards, Nuclear Medicine/standards, Radiation Dosage, Radiopharmaceuticals/standards, Switzerland, Yttrium Radioisotopes/analysis, Yttrium Radioisotopes/standards
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Web of science
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01/10/2010 18:10
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20/08/2019 14:54