TY - JOUR T1 - SPECT Quality Control: A Program Recommended by the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the ACNP Corporate Committee JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol. SP - 205 LP - 208 VL - 22 IS - 4 AU - Vernon Ficken AU - William McCartney Y1 - 1994/12/01 UR - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/22/4/205.abstract N2 - Objective: The purpose of this paper is to identify basic quality control procedures and frequency of testing, the results of which yield a “use” or “no-use” condition for a singlehead SPECT camera.Methods: This paper gives a checklist for a variety of quality control tests including detector uniformity, detector resolution and linearity, center of rotation and SPECT resolution and SPECT uniformity.Results: Four performance tests used in a systematic protocol can be used to determine satisfactory SPECT camera operation. The testing procedures require an average of about 30 min per day.Conclusions: Specific procedures and testing frequency should meet manufacturer specifications or approval by a qualified physicist. ER -