Phantom preparation using a dilution technique

MA Lodge - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Physical phantoms with compartments
containing different concentrations of radioactivity are widely used in PET methodology …

Validating PET scanner calibration for multicenter trials

L Geworski, B Knoop - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
TO THE EDITOR: With interest we read the recent publication of Scheuermann et al.(1), who
reported on the experience of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network in …

A role for PET phantom scans in a quality control program

D de Vries, F Fahey, M Palmer, J Yap - 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
1061 Learning Objectives 1. Describe the role of PET phantom scans in evaluating and
monitoring scanner calibration. 2. Identify several problems seen on phantom scans that …

Proposed changes to the ACR phantom filling procedure for more accurate and consistent activity concentrations

BJ Beattie - Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The phantom filling procedures currently specified by the American College of
Radiology (ACR) for its PET accreditation program unnecessarily limit how tight the …

Comparison of phantoms for PET scanner harmonization

T Bradshaw, M La Fontaine, R Jeraj - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
612 Objectives: PET scanner harmonization techniques have been developed to reduce
quantitative discrepancies arising from hardware and software differences between …

Bias in PET quantitation due to camera calibration procedures

CH Chen, RF Muzic Jr, AD Nelson… - The Journal of Nuclear …, 1997 - search.proquest.com
TO THE EDITOR: Accurate absolute quantitation of radiopharmaceutical activity in vivo is
important for numerous clinical and research PET applications. In our laboratory, we found a …

Multi-center comparison of a PET/CT calibration phantom for imaging trials

P Kinahan, R Doot, P Christian, J Karp, J Scheuermann… - 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
250 Objectives: We present the results of imaging a long-lived PET calibration phantom at
multiple centers to assess how quantitative comparisons between the different scanners are …

37. What you see ain't what you get: investigating concentration recovery in PET

HA Williams, PJ Julyan - Nuclear Medicine Communications, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Background: PET can provide quantitative measurements of radioisotope concentration
within tissue. For objects considerably smaller than the clinical spatial resolution (cSR) of …

Testing quantitation in PET

SC Strother, CJ Thompson, AC Evans - J. Nucl. Med.;(United States), 1984 - osti.gov
This study tests the use of contrast recovery coefficient (CRC) plots in comparison with
piephantom linearity plots for assessing quantitation in PET. CRC plots show normalized …

A calibration phantom for multi-center PET/CT studies of assessing response to therapy

P Kinahan, P Christian, J Karp, C Divgi, G Zubal… - 2007 - Soc Nuclear Med
662 Objectives: We present a calibration phantom for multi-center and longitudinal PET/CT
studies of assessing response to therapy. There is recognized potential for PET/CT imaging …