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Determination of the Efficiency of Commercially Available Dose Calibrators for β-Emitters

Jean-François Valley, Shelley Bulling, Michel Leresche and Claude Wastiel
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2003, 31 (1) 27-32;
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    Positioning of glass vial and syringe in dose calibrator. (A) Glass vial geometry. (B) Syringe geometry.

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    Calibrators Used

    Activimeter typeVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Capintec CRCIsomed 1000Centronic* IG12
    GasArgonArgonArgonXenon/argonArgon
    Pressure (bars)12512102
    Well dimensions (mm)69 × 26064 × 26061 × 25447.5 × 22050 × 315
    Shielding (mm lead)36.412.7450
    • ↵* The electronic measurement circuit was developed in our institute.

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    Plastic Tube and Syringe Characteristics

    Source containerMaterialMaximal volume (mL)Volume used (mL)External diameter (mm)Wall thickness (mm)
    SyringePolypropylene2210.650.85
    Plastic tubePolypropylene3.5211.500.90
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    Efficiency of Calibrators for 137Cs

    VEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic IG12
    R (137Cs)0.930.950.990.981.00
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    Dose Calibrator Efficiency for γ-Emitters (Rn)

    γ- EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic
    57Co1.011.031.080.990.96
    60Co1.031.020.991.001.00
    99mTc1.020.940.970.951.00
    131I1.060.991.021.001.00
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    Intrinsic Efficiency of Dose Calibrators for β-Emitters (Rn)

    β- EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic IG12Capintec β
    32P0.971.051.071.060.970.96
    89Sr0.830.900.890.910.910.85
    90Y1.591.732.801.712.011.47
    169Er0.0680.0780.0810.0780.0240.041
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    Efficiency of Dose Calibrators for β-Emitters (Rn)

    β-EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronicCapintec β
    89Sr*0.960.721.150.890.93
    90Y1.441.310.641.07*0.98
    169Er0.32*0.63***
    • ↵* No specific factor available.

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    TABLE 7

    Ratio of Glass Vial Measurements to Syringe Measurements

    EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic IG12Capintec β
    32P0.970.921.010.921.021.28
    89Sr0.940.890.980.891.011.03
    90Y1.081.020.651.021.071.24
    169Er0.770.730.860.690.960.96
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    Intrinsic Efficiency of Dose Calibrators for β-Emitters with a γ-Component

    β- EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic IG12
    153Sm41.542.947.743.0*
    186Re6.305.937.576.147.27
    • ↵* No specific factor available.

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    Efficiency of Dose Calibrators for β-Emitters with a γ-Contribution

    β- EmitterVEENSTRA VDC-405Atomlab 100Isomed 1000/2000Capintec CRCCentronic IG12
    153Sm*1.241.09**
    186Re1.001.000.980.961.22
    • ↵* No specific factor available.

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