PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Biju K. Menon AU - Awasare S. Uday AU - Baghel N. Singh TI - γ-Camera–Based Method for Measuring the γ-Count from <sup>131</sup>I Capsules: An Alternative to the Thyroid Uptake Probe AID - 10.2967/jnmt.117.198077 DP - 2018 Mar 01 TA - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology PG - 45--48 VI - 46 IP - 1 4099 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/46/1/45.short 4100 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/46/1/45.full SO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2018 Mar 01; 46 AB - The main objective of this study was to check the validity of using a γ-camera as an alternative to a thyroid uptake probe for measuring the γ-count from 0.925-MBq (25 μCi) and 1.85-MBq (50 μCi) 131I capsules before administration to patients. Methods: Ten sets each of 0.925- and 1.85-MBq 131I capsules received from the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology, Department of Atomic Energy, India, were counted individually using a thyroid uptake probe for 10 s following institutional protocol, keeping an 8-cm gap between capsules. Each set was also scanned by a scintillation γ-camera for 100 s. The scans were analyzed by drawing identical regions of interest around each set of 0.925- and 1.85-MBq 131I capsules, and the correlation between the camera-based and probe-based methods was determined. By either method, capsules having counts within 2 SDs of the mean were considered acceptable for administration to patients. Results: The correlation between the two methods was good (r &gt; 0.95). Conclusion: The camera-based method of counting 131I capsules is easy and saves time, compared with the probe-based method, as an entire set of capsules can be scanned in a single acquisition. The camera-based method can show whether a batch of 131I capsules is uniform and therefore eliminate the time-consuming counting of individual capsules with a thyroid uptake probe.