CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT IN THE RADIOISOTOPE DIAGNOSTICS DEPARTMENT

The method of radionuclide diagnostics of cancer diseases based on the registration of radiation when radiopharmaceuticals are injected into the patient’s body is one of the most highly sensitive and effective. However, at present, there is no universal program for quality assurance of such examination of patients in the Department of Nuclear Medicine in the world. The necessity and relevance of developing a system of quality control and quality assurance of diagnostic equipment in the department of radioisotope diagnostics of a medical institution have been substantiated. The conditions of quality control, stages, and algorithms of daily quality control, requirements for quality assurance of diagnostic devices, including tomograph cross-calibration, stability check, homogeneity test, pixel noise check, spatial resolution and contrast, table position check are considered.