PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - McManaman, Vincent L.
AU  - Sinclair, Michael D.
TI  - Factors Affecting the Diagnostic Reliability of Scintillation Camera Film Images
DP  - 1974 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 96--98
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/2/3/96.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/2/3/96.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1974 Sep 01; 2
AB  - Most scintillation camera data obtained in nuclear medicine clinics are displayed on Polaroid and/or 35- or 70-mm films. This allows little flexibility in data analysis without repeating the imaging procedure with different control settings. This study was designed to demonstrate that the subtle variations in field-uniformity response that appear on film and may easily be dismissed as negligible may indeed be clinically significant. Although a computer was employed in this study, measures can be taken to minimize the effect of field-uniformity variations on diagnosis even in clinics without direct computer support.