DEVELOPMENT OF A CORRECTION FACTOR FOR XE-133 VIALS FOR USE WITH A DOSE CALIBRATOR

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 23  (4) , 357-359
Abstract
Manufacturers of dose calibrators who give calibration settings for various radionuclides sometimes do not specify the type of radionuclide container the calibration is for. The container may not be of the same type as those a user might purchase. When these factors are not considered, the activity administered to the patient may be significantly different from that intended. An experiment is described in which calibration factors are determined for measurement of 133Xe activity in vials in a dose calibrator. This was accomplished by transferring the 133Xe from the commercial vials to standard National Bureau of Standards calibration ampuls. Based on 10 such transfers, the resulting correction factor for the dose calibrator was 1.22.

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