Michopoulou S. (Ed.) Radioactive Sample Counting: Principles and Practice: IPEM report 85

2nd Edition. — IOP Publishing Ltd, 2022. — 146 p. — (IPEM–IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology). — ISBN 978-0-7503-3893-6.This report originates from the TGR33 document produced by the Radionuclide
Topic Group of the Hospital Physicists’ Association (HPA) in 1980. In 2002,
IPEM’s Radionuclide Special Interest Group updated the document and produced Report 85.
In 2021, IPEM’s Radioactive Sample Counters Working Group updated the report further, producing a handbook for joint publication by IOP and IPEM. The latest version has been restructured with separate chapters for the different types of counting equipment and covers instrumentation, applications, and quality assurance.Physical principles of radiation detection in sample counters
Nucleonic equipment
Quality control charts
Gamma counters
Intraoperative gamma probes
Liquid scintillation counting
Automatic blood sampling systems (ABSSs)
Uncertainties in measurements from radioactivity sample counters
Data analysis
Clinical and research applications of sample counters
Appendix A: Troubleshooting gamma counters
Appendix B: Troubleshooting gamma probes