Vol 4, No 2 (2001)
Occasional surveys
Published online: 2001-07-23
Introducing the PET Centre Prague
Nucl. Med. Rev 2001;4(2):117-122.
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 tomographyPETFDG