Open AccessTime reducing exposure containing 18 fluorine flourodeoxyglucose master vial dispensing in hot lab: Omega technique
Author(s) -
Vatturi Venkata Satya Prabhakar Rao,
Ranadheer Gupta Manthri,
Pottumuthu Hemalatha,
Vuyyuru Navin Kumar,
Mohd Azhar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.178339
Subject(s) - vial , medicine , nuclear medicine , radiochemistry , medical physics , chromatography , chemistry
Hot lab dispensing of large doses of 18 fluorine fluorodeoxyglucose in master vials supplied from the cyclotrons requires high degrees of skill to handle high doses. Presently practiced conventional method of fractionating from the inverted tiltable vial pig mounted on a metal frame has its own limitations such as increasing isotope handling times and exposure to the technologist. Innovative technique devised markedly improves the fractionating efficiency along with speed, precision, and reduced dose exposure.