Authors

Karp JS. Daube-Witherspoon ME. Hoffman EJ. Lewellen TK. Links JM. Wong

WH. Hichwa RD. Casey ME. Colsher JG. Hitchens RE. et al.

Institution

Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Title

Performance standards in positron emission tomography [see comments].

Comments

Comment in: J Nucl Med 1992 Jul;33(7):1429-31

Source

Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 32(12):2342-50, 1991 Dec.

Abstract

A standard set of performance measurements is proposed for use with positron emission tomographs. This set of measurements has been developed jointly by the Computer and Instrumentation Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. The measurements include tests of spatial resolution, scatter fraction, sensitivity, count rate losses and randoms, uniformity, scatter correction, attenuation correction, and count rate linearity correction.