Characteristics of a new automated blood sampling system for positron emission tomography

Author

Eriksson, L. ; Ingvar, M. ; Rosenqvist, G. ; Stone-Elander, S. ; Ekdahl, T. ; Kappel, P.

Author_Institution

Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-5 Nov 1994

Firstpage

1385

Abstract

A new automated blood sampling system (ABSS) for positron emission tomography has been evaluated. The system uses a single BGO crystal and detects with high efficiency the annihilation radiation from tracers, labelled with positron emitting isotopes, in arterial blood. In addition the possibilities to use the ABSS as a detector in the analysis of the plasma samples with liquid chromatography techniques under flow conditions has been explored

Keywords

biomedical equipment; blood; positron emission tomography; PET; annihilation radiation detection; automated blood sampling system characteristics; diagnostic nuclear medicine; flow conditions; liquid chromatography techniques; medical instrumentation; plasma samples analysis; single BGO crystal; tracers; Blood; Computer networks; Hospitals; Isotopes; Kinetic theory; Plasma measurements; Positron emission tomography; Predictive models; Radiation detectors; Sampling methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1994., 1994 IEEE Conference Record

Conference_Location

Norfolk, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2544-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.1994.474625

Filename

474625