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OROPESA VERDECIA, Pilar et al. Comparison of 131I activity measurements with radionuclide calibrators in nuclear medicine in cuba. Nucleus [online]. 2008, n.43, pp. 14-20. ISSN 0864-084X.

Results from the national comparison of 131I activity measurements with radionuclide calibrators in Nuclear Medicine, organized in Cuba in 2007, are shown. These results contribute to establish the uncertainty and traceability of the 131I activity values measured with radionuclide calibrators of the participating institutions: 9 hospitals and two laboratories of the Isotope Centre directly involved in radiopharmaceuticals’ production. Concerning the proportion of acceptable results, no improvement was observed in the participants’ performance compared to results shown in such kind of exercises organized in the country during 2002-2004. On the other hand, the reasonable uncertainty estimate of the 131I measurements reported by most of the participants show a qualitatively superior outcome in 2007 compared to the result obtained in the previously organized exercises. Moreover, the outcome of the bilateral comparison for 131I activity measurements between the Radionuclide Metrology Department of the Isotope Centre (CENTIS-DMR) and the National Metrology Laboratory for Ionizing Radiation of the Brazilian Institute of Radiation Protection and Dosimetry (LNMRI-IRD) is also shown. This bilateral exercise provides additional evidences on comparability of the CENTIS-DMR measurement standards used to calibrate 131I reference solutions and samples.

Palavras-chave : comparative evaluations; interlaboratory comparisons; ionization chambers; iodine 131; activity levels; radioactivity; data; calibration; radiopharmaceuticals; accuracy.

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