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Dose calibrator manufacturer-dependent bias in assays of 123I

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Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey T. Cessna, Daniel B. Golas, Rheannan K. Young, Brian E. Zimmerman

Abstract

Calibration factors for commercial ionization chambers (i.e. dose calibrators) were determined for a solution of 123I; the activity was based on the 1976 NBS standard. A link between the NIST standard and the International Reference System (SIR) was established. The two major U.S. dose calibrator manufacturers recommend oppositely biased calibration factors, giving a spread of 11.3 % in measured activities. With modern quantitative imaging techniques capable of ≤ 10 % accuracy, this bias for a SPECT nuclide is highly significant.
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Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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Keywords

Ionization chamber, dose calibrator, I-123, secondary standard, quantitative imaging
Biological physics

Citation

Bergeron, D. , Cessna, J. , Golas, D. , Young, R. and Zimmerman, B. (2014), Dose calibrator manufacturer-dependent bias in assays of 123I, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.03.018 (Accessed December 26, 2024)

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Created March 25, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021