PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vernon Ficken
AU  - William McCartney
TI  - SPECT Quality Control: A Program Recommended by the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the ACNP Corporate Committee
DP  - 1994 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 205--208
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/22/4/205.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/22/4/205.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1994 Dec 01; 22
AB  - 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.