Performance testing of radiobioassay laboratories: In vivo measurements, Final Report

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6998364· OSTI ID:6998364

MacLellan, J A; Traub, R J; Olsen, P C

A study of two rounds of in vivo laboratory performance testing was undertaken by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to determine the appropriateness of the in vivo performance criteria of draft American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard ANSI N13.3, Performance Criteria for Bioassay.'' The draft standard provides guidance to in vivo counting facilities regarding the sensitivity, precision, and accuracy of measurements for certain categories of commonly assayed radionuclides and critical regions of the body. This report concludes the testing program by presenting the results of the Round Two testing. Testing involved two types of measurements: chest counting for radionuclide detection in the lung, and whole body counting for detection of uniformly distributed material. Each type of measurement was further divided into radionuclide categories as defined in the draft standard. The appropriateness of the draft standard criteria by measuring a laboratory's ability to attain them were judged by the results of both round One and Round Two testing. The testing determined that performance criteria are set at attainable levels, and the majority of in vivo monitoring facilities passed the criteria when complete results were submitted. 18 refs., 18 figs., 15 tabs.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6998364
• Report Number(s): PNL-7307; ON: DE90008225
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ANIMALS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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CERIUM 144
CERIUM ISOTOPES
CESIUM 134
CESIUM 137
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DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
EQUATIONS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
HEAVY NUCLEI
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
IN VIVO
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABORATORIES
LUNGS
MAMMALS
MAN
MANGANESE 54
MANGANESE ISOTOPES
MEASURING METHODS
MOCKUP
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PHANTOMS
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
POISSON EQUATION
PRIMATES
PROGRESS REPORT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIOASSAY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SENSITIVITY
SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
STRUCTURAL MODELS
TESTING
URANIUM 238
URANIUM ISOTOPES
VERTEBRATES
WHOLE-BODY COUNTING
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