NEMA NU 1:2012
NEMA NU 1:2012 Performance Measurements Of Gamma Cameras Describes definitions, quantitative measurements of performance characteristics, and reporting techniques for the specification of the following Gamma camera parameters.
Table of Contents
SECTION1-SCOPE1.1DEFINITIONS
1.2REFERENCES
1.3TESTEQUIPMENT,CONDITIONS,AND
RESULTS
SECTION2-TESTSOFGAMMACAMERA
DETECTORS
2.1INTRINSICSPATIALRESOLUTION
2.2INTRINSICSPATIALLINEARITY
2.3INTRINSICENERGYRESOLUTION
2.4INTRINSICFLOODFIELDUNIFORMITY
2.5MULTIPLEWINDOWSPATIALREGISTRATION
2.6INTRINSICCOUNTRATEPERFORMANCEINAIR
2.7INTRINSICSPATIALRESOLUTIONAT75,000
COUNTSPERSECOND
2.8INTRINSICFLOODFIELDUNIFORMITYAT75,000
COUNTSPERSECOND
SECTION3-TESTSOFGAMMACAMERADETECTORS
WITHS
3.1SYSTEMSPATIALRESOLUTIONWITHOUTSCATTER
3.2SYSTEMSPATIALRESOLUTIONWITHSCATTER
3.3SYSTEMPLANARSENSITIVITYANDCOLLIMATOR
PENETRATIONANDSCATTER
3.4DETECTORSHIELDING
3.5SYSTEMCOUNTRATEPERFORMANCEWITHSCATTER
SECTION4-TESTSSPECIFICTOGAMMACAMERA
TOMOGRAPHICSYSTEMS
4.1SYSTEMALIGNMENT
4.2SPECTRECONSTRUCTEDSPATIALRESOLUTION
WITHOUTSCATTER
4.3SPECTRECONSTRUCTEDSPATIALRESOLUTION
WITHSCATTER
4.4SYSTEMVOLUMESENSITIVITY
4.5DETECTOR-DETECTORSENSITIVITYVARIATION
SECTION5-TESTSSPECIFICTOGAMMACAMERA
WHOLE-BODYSCANNINGSYSTEMS