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IEC TR 61948-1 Edition 2.0 2016-03 TECHNICAL REPORT Nuclear medicine instrumentation Routine tests Part 1:Gamma radiation counting system IEC TR 61948-1:2016-03(en)THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2016 IEC,Geneva,Switzerland All rights reserved.Unless otherwise specified,no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying and microfilm,without permission in writing from either IEC or IECs member National Committee in the country of the requester.If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication,please contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information.IEC Central Office Tel.:+41 22 919 02 11 3,rue de Varemb Fax:+41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 infoiec.ch Switzerland www.iec.ch About the IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is the leading global organization that prepares and publishes International Standards for all electrical,electronic and related technologies.About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC.Please make sure that you have the latest edition,a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published.IEC Catalogue-webstore.iec.ch/catalogue The stand-alone application for consulting the entire bibliographical information on IEC International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports and other documents.Available for PC,Mac OS,Android Tablets and iPad.IEC publications search-www.iec.ch/searchpub The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a variety of criteria(reference number,text,technical committee,).It also gives information on projects,replaced and withdrawn publications.IEC Just Published-webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications.Just Published details all new publications released.Available online and also once a month by email.Electropedia-www.electropedia.org The worlds leading online dictionary of electronic and electrical terms containing 20 000 terms and definitions in English and French,with equivalent terms in 15 additional languages.Also known as the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary(IEV)online.IEC Glossary-std.iec.ch/glossary 65 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of IEC publications issued since 2002.Some entries have been collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37,77,86 and CISPR.IEC Customer Service Centre-webstore.iec.ch/csc If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or need further assistance,please contact the Customer Service Centre:csciec.ch.IEC TR 61948-1 Edition 2.0 2016-03 TECHNICAL REPORT Nuclear medicine instrumentation Routine tests Part 1:Gamma radiation counting system INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ICS 11.040.50 ISBN 978-2-8322-3240-8 Registered trademark of the International Electrotechnical Commission Warning!Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor.2 IEC TR 61948-1:2016 IEC 2016 CONTENTS FOREWORD.3 1 Scope.5 2 Normative references.5 3 Terms and definitions.5 4 Test methods.6 4.1 General.6 4.2 Background check.6 4.3 ENERGY CALIBRATION.7 4.4 ENERGY CALIBRATION linearity.7 4.5 Constancy of sensitivity.7 4.6 Constancy of ENERGY RESOLUTION.7 4.7 Counting precision.7 5 Frequency of ROUTINE TESTS.8 Annex A(informative)Index of defined terms.9 Table 1 Frequency of ROUTINE TESTS.8 IEC TR 61948-1:2016 IEC 2016 3 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ NUCLEAR MEDICINE INSTRUMENTATION ROUTINE TESTS Part 1:Gamma radiation counting system FOREWORD 1)The International Electrotechnical Commission(IEC)is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising all national electrotechnical committees(IEC National Committees).The object of IEC is to promote international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields.To this end and in addition to other activities,IEC publishes International Standards,Technical Specifications,Technical Reports,Publicly Available Specifications(PAS)and Guides(hereafter referred to as“IEC Publication(s)”).Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees;any IEC National Committee interested in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work.International,governmental and non-governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation.IEC collaborates closely with the International Organization for Standardization(ISO)in accordance with conditions determined by agreement between the two organizations.2)The formal decisions or agreements of IEC on technical matters express,as nearly as possible,an international consensus of opinion on the relevant subjects since each technical committee has representation from all interested IEC National Committees.3)IEC Publications