Nuklearmedizin 1976; 15(05): 248-253
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1624972
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A Simple and Inexpensive Clinical Whole Body Counter

Ein einfacher und billiger klinischer Ganzkörperzähler
M. ML. Rehani
1   From the Nuclear Medicine Department and Biomedical Engineering Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
A. K. Basu
1   From the Nuclear Medicine Department and Biomedical Engineering Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
S. K. Guha
1   From the Nuclear Medicine Department and Biomedical Engineering Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
B. N. Tandon*
1   From the Nuclear Medicine Department and Biomedical Engineering Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
,
M. M. Gupta**
1   From the Nuclear Medicine Department and Biomedical Engineering Division, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Publication History

Received:25 June 1976

Publication Date:
12 January 2018 (online)

Summary

The conventional radioisotope scanner has been used as a whole body counter. The background index of the system is 10.9 counts per minute per ml of sodium iodide crystal. The sensitivity and derived sensitivity parameters have been evaluated and found to be suitable for clinical studies. The optimum parameters for a single detector at two positions above the lying subject have been obtained. It has been found that for the case of 131I measurement it is possible to assay a source located at any point in the body with coefficient of variation less than 5%. To add to the versatility, a fixed geometry for in-vitro counting of large samples has been obtained. The retention values obtained by the whole body counter have been found to correlate with those obtained by in-vitro assay of urine and stool after intravenous administration of 51Cr-albumin.

Ein konventioneller Scanner wurde als Ganzkörperzähler benutzt. Der Backgroundindex des Systems beträgt 10,9 counts pro Minute und pro Milliliter Sodiumjodidkristall. Die Sensitivitäts- und abgeleiteten Sensitivitätsparameter wurden ausgewertet und für klinische Untersuchungen als brauchbar befunden. Es wurden die optimalen Parameter für einen alleinigen Detektor in zwei Stellungen über dem liegenden Patienten herausgefunden. Für den Fall der 131J-Messung fand sich, daß es möglich ist, irgendeinem Punkt des Körpers mit einem Variationskoeffizienten von weniger als 5% zu messen. Zusätzlich zu dieser Verwendung fanden wir eine definierte Geometrie für In-vitro-Zählungen von großen Probenmengen. Die Retentionswerte, die wir mit der Ganzkörperzählung erhielten, korrelierten mit denen, welche durch In-vitro-Untersuchungen von Urin und Stuhl nach intravenöser 51Cr-Albumin-Gabe gefunden wurden.

* Dept. of Gastroenterology, A. I. I. M. S., New Delhi.


** Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi.


 
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