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Development of NEMA-based Software for Gamma Camera Quality Control

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We have developed a cross-platform software application that implements all of the basic standardized nuclear medicine scintillation camera quality control analyses, thus serving as an independent complement to camera manufacturers’ software. Our application allows direct comparison of data and statistics from different cameras through its ability to uniformly analyze a range of file types. The program has been tested using multiple gamma cameras, and its results agree with comparable analysis by the manufacturers’ software.

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  1. In our experience, using a fitted Gaussian curve provides a useful complement to the NEMA profile measurement method.

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  1. School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6

    Andrew Rova & Ghassan Hamarneh

  2. Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Anna Celler

  3. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Anna Celler

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Rova, A., Celler, A. & Hamarneh, G. Development of NEMA-based Software for Gamma Camera Quality Control. J Digit Imaging 21, 243–255 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-007-9030-y

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