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TU‐E‐218‐01: PET/CT QA/QC and Acceptance Testing
Author(s) -
Dahlbom M,
Mawlawi O
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4735985
Subject(s) - acceptance testing , quality assurance , modality (human–computer interaction) , medical physics , scanner , session (web analytics) , computer science , pet ct , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , medicine , artificial intelligence , software engineering , pathology , external quality assessment , world wide web
Combined PET/CT imaging has become a routine imaging technique in diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine alike. In this regard a thorough understanding of this modality's quality assurance and control procedures including acceptance testing is a necessary pre‐requisite to ensure the optimal performance of this imaging modality. This session is designed to explain the QA and QC procedures for a PET/CT scanner with examples from two different manufacturers. The session will also cover the frequency of these tests and the elements to implement a QA/QC program for PET/CT imaging. Finally the session will cover the NEMA standard for acceptance testing of PET scanners and their meanings as well as additional recommended tests for hybrid (PET/CT) systems. Learning Objectives: 1. Summarize the signal processing steps for coincidence detection 2. Understand the components of a daily QA procedure 3. Identify and trouble shoot possible sources of failure in daily QA 4. List the recommended frequency of QA/QC tests 5. Describe the process of scanner calibration 6. Name the different components of the NEMA test used for PET acceptance testing 7. Understand the meaning of the results of the NEMA tests