Daily QA. NEMA NU 2-2007. PET Performance Standard. National Electrical
Manufacturers. Association. NEMA Standards Publication NU 2-2007:
Performance ...
Outline
PET/CT Performance Evaluation Techniques and Quality Assurance
Performance Evaluation Techniques – NEMA NU 2‐ NEMA NU 2‐2007 Performance Standards
Quality Assurance Brad Kemp, PhD Department of Radiology Mayo Clinic
– System Corrections • Quantitative Analysis of Blank Scans
NEMA NU 2-2007 PET Performance Standard
National Electrical Manufacturers Association. NEMA Standards Publication NU 2‐ NEMA Standards Publication NU 2‐2007: Performance Measurements of Positron Emission Tomographs
• Quantitative PET
– Daily QA
http://www.nema.org/stds/nu2.cfm
WE-SAMS-L100J-2
NEMA NU 2-2007 and Lutetium-176 NU 2‐ NU 2‐2007 addresses intrinsic radioactivity in detectors • LSO (and LYSO) is inherently radioactive • Background radiation gives rise to Randoms, some Trues • Implications for NEMA: cannot obtain Randoms:Trues cannot obtain Randoms:Trues ratio
