Quality control in PET/CT and PET/MRI: Results of a survey amongst European countries

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1120179722019780?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1120179722019780?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.05.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ejmp.2022.05.004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Quality control in PET/CT and PET/MRI: Results of a survey amongst European countries

Original language description

Purpose: An EFOMP Working Group (WG) was created in 2020 to establish recommendations for PET/CT/MRI Quality Control (QC). The WG&apos;s intention was to create a document containing a set of measurements suitable for routine practice. In order to map the current situation in PET facilities, the WG prepared a survey addressed to European Medical Physics Experts (MPE). Methods: The survey was conducted using an electronic questionnaire with 10 sections, for a total of 43 multiple choice or open questions. Data regarding general information, model of installed scanners, contract of maintenance and phantoms available were collected. The focal part of the questionnaire concerned the QC protocol adopted and accreditation programs. Results: 123 answers from 24 countries were collected. 90.2% of the respondents are affiliated as staff MPEs; 45% have non-digital TOF PET/CT scanners with a contract of maintenance (97.6%). In 98.4% and 86.8% of responding centres a sealed source for daily QC and the NEMA Image Quality Phantom were present. 94.3% of respondents perform daily QC according to manufacturer recommendations, while NEMA Tests are not performed routinely (51.2%). 56.1% of the respondents have scanners accredited by a national or international organization. 56% of the centres perform annual CT tests, while more than 90% do not perform any MRI QCs. Conclusions: The results of the survey show that there is a lack of harmonization in the PET QC procedures across Europe. The information obtained will guide the WG in proposing a guideline containing a set of measurements suitable for the clinical routine.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30224 - Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Physica Medica-European Journal of Medical Physics

ISSN

1120-1797

e-ISSN

1724-191X

Volume of the periodical

99

Issue of the periodical within the volume

July

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

16-21

UT code for WoS article

000807743400003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85130810883