Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Occasional surveys
Submitted: 2012-01-23
Published online: 2001-07-23
Introducing the PET Centre Prague
Otakar Belohlávek
Nucl. Med. Rev 2001;4(2):117-122.
Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Occasional surveys
Submitted: 2012-01-23
Published online: 2001-07-23
Abstract
The PET Centre Prague (www.homolka.cz/nm) was established
in 1999 as the outcome of a joint project of the public Na Homolce Hospital and the Nuclear Research Institute Rež, plc, the
Czech radiopharmaceutical producer. Technical and financial
assistance was provided by the International Atomic Energy
Agency, which perceived the Centre as its model project that
could serve as a guide for the development of PET centres in
countries sharing a comparable level of development with the
Czech Republic. The article maps the history of the project, its
design, workplace lay-out and equipment, radiation protection
arrangements and spectrum of the first approx. 3,000 investigations.
Abstract
The PET Centre Prague (www.homolka.cz/nm) was established
in 1999 as the outcome of a joint project of the public Na Homolce Hospital and the Nuclear Research Institute Rež, plc, the
Czech radiopharmaceutical producer. Technical and financial
assistance was provided by the International Atomic Energy
Agency, which perceived the Centre as its model project that
could serve as a guide for the development of PET centres in
countries sharing a comparable level of development with the
Czech Republic. The article maps the history of the project, its
design, workplace lay-out and equipment, radiation protection
arrangements and spectrum of the first approx. 3,000 investigations.
Keywords
positron emission tomography; PET; FDG;
Title
Introducing the PET Centre Prague
Journal
Nuclear Medicine Review
Issue
Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Pages
117-122
Published online
2001-07-23
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Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2001;4(2):117-122.
Keywords
positron emission tomography
PET
FDG
Authors
Otakar Belohlávek