What is PD IEC/TR 61948-1 - Gamma radiation counting system?
PD IEC/TR 61948-1 is an international standard that focuses on gamma radiation counting systems and routine test instrumentation about nuclear medicine. PD IEC/TR 61948-1 describes test methods of instruments that count and measure the energy of photons emitted by radionuclides in vivo and in vitro without the option of imaging. PD IEC/TR 61948-1 includes, for example, well counters and organ probes.
Who is PD IEC/TR 61948-1 - Gamma radiation counting system for?
PD IEC/TR 61948-1 on gamma radiation counting systems and routine test instrumentation about nuclear medicine is useful for:
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Nuclear medicine radiologist
- Nuclear medicine physicist
Why should you use PD IEC/TR 61948-1 - Gamma radiation counting system?
Nuclear medicine is a medical speciality that uses radioactive tracers (radiopharmaceuticals) to assess bodily functions and to diagnose and treat disease. Nuclear medicine imaging, in a sense, is "radiology did inside out" or "endoradiology" because it records radiation emitting from within the body rather than radiation that is generated by external sources like X-rays.
PD IEC/TR 61948-1 helps to use hospitals, surgical centres, oncology clinics or any other facility where cancerous tumours are biopsied or removed. PD IEC/TR 61948-1 also informs that gamma radiation detection devices are important ways to track the radiation that is administered to patients who have cancer. Using PD IEC/TR 61948-1 you can describe test methods of instruments that count and measure the energy of photons emitted by radionuclides in vivo and in vitro without the option of imaging.
What’s changed since the last update?
PD IEC/TR 61948-1:2016 supersedes PD IEC/TR 61948-1:2001 which has been withdrawn. PD IEC/TR 61948-1:2016 has been editorially revised.