Calibration setting numbers for dose calibrators for the PET isotopes 52Mn, 64Cu, 76Br, 86Y, 89Zr, 124I

A. Lake Wooten, Benjamin C. Lewis, Daniel J. Szatkowski, Deborah H. Sultan, Kinda I. Abdin, Thomas F. Voller, Yongjian Liu, Suzanne E. Lapi

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Abstract

For PET radionuclides, the radioactivity of a sample can be conveniently measured by a dose calibrator. These devices depend on a "calibration setting number", but many recommended settings from manuals were interpolated based on standard sources of other radionuclide(s). We conducted HPGe gamma-ray spectroscopy, resulting in a reference for determining settings in two types of vessels containing one of several PET radionuclides. Our results reiterate the notion that in-house, experimental calibrations are recommended for different radionuclides and vessels.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)89-95
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume113
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2016

Keywords

  • Br
  • Calibration setting number
  • Cu
  • Dose calibrator
  • I
  • Instrumentation
  • Ionization chamber
  • Mn
  • Radiation measurements
  • Y
  • Zr

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