7/11/2015 · dose calibrator and gamma camera • definition • components • principles of operation • quality control 5. DOSE CALIBRATOR • The dose calibrator is an ionization chamber used to assay the amount of activity in vials and syringes • This includes the assay of individual doses before administration to patients, as required by regulation.
4/15/2015 · Dose calibrator 1. Dose Calibrators Done by: Fatma AL-Gafri Sr. Medical Physicist Royal Hospital Sultanate of Oman 2. 2 Definition of Radiation “Radiation is an energy in the form of electro-magnetic waves or particulate matter, traveling in the air.” or X-ray neutron, Dose Calibrator QC . The Dose Calibrator time clock should ALWAYS match the PET Scanner time clock. GET ONE ! 14 Constancy. Constancy is performed daily by the nuclear medicine technologist and assesses instrument reliability from day to day. A Cesium-137 sealed radiation vial (or other ?-emitting sealed radiation source) greater than, RadioassayDose Calibrator Quality Control. constancy (daily) The constancy test indicates the reproducibility of measurements by a dose calibrator ; 2. accuracy (at installation, annually, and after repairs) The accuracy of a dose calibrator is determined by measuring the activities of at least two long-lived reference sources and comparing the, A dose calibrators is an integral part of any nuclear medicine department. This tutorial focuses on the main principles of operation and all of the issues related to quality control testing of this equipment; in addition, it describes a dose calibrator and discusses the, 9.1 The modern radionuclide calibrator . 9.2 Dose calibrator acceptance testing and quality control . 9.3 Standards applying to dose calibrators . 9.4 National activity intercomparisons . 9.5 Dispensing radiopharmaceuticals for individual patients . 9.6 Radiation safety in the radiopharmacy . 9.7 Product containment enclosures, The technology and the regulations for quality control testing of this instrument, however, have been evolving continuously over the past two decades. Radioactive material licensing agencies require periodic quality control testing for accuracy, linearity, constancy and geometry dependence of dose calibrators (2). Suggested test, Proceed to the Tutorial: Dose Calibrator Operation/Quality Control Tutorial. Proceed to the Quiz: Dose Calibrator Operation/ QC Quiz. Purchase Tutorial: Payment Link (Credit Card or Payment) TUTORIAL: 1 CEU CREDIT This tutorial gives an overview of the principles of dose calibrator operation and quality control testing of that hardware.
