Author(s)

Mohamed E. M. Gar-Elnabi¹, Wadah M. Ali^2*, Mohammed A. Ali Omer^1,3, Adam K. Sam³, Ghada A. Edam¹

¹College of Medical Radiologic Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
²College of Radiological Science and Nuclear Medicine Technology, The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
³College of Applied Medical Science, Department of Radiology, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract: The aim of this study was to develop a cheap, locally made and friendly applicable phantom for gamma camera quality control and to test its validity relative to standard results (intrinsic and extrinsic spatial linearity and intrinsic and extrinsic uniformity) of gamma camera SPECT. And the significance of this experimental study was to introduce a multi-purpose phantom for gamma camera which could overcome the risk accompanied by quality control test procedure such as detector crystal damage and the appearance of moiré patterns. The results of the developed phantom showed an average count difference of 0.7% relative to the standard phantom and about 4% in X- to Y-axis directions relative to the standard phantom. Also, the measured absolute linearity was 0.63 mm in X direction and 0.64 mm in Y direction for the UFOV compare with 0.70 mm value of acceptance test. And the I.U. and D.U. of the developed phantom were 3.18% and 2.27% respectively for the UFOV relative to the standard phantom I.U. and D.U. (2.0% and 1.5%) for the UFOV respectively.

Gamma, Camera, Phantom, Flood-Field, Uniformity, Linearity, Quality Control

Gar-Elnabi, M. , M. Ali, W. , Omer, M. , Sam, A. and Edam, G. (2015) Development and Assessment of Quality Control Phantom for Linearity and Uniformity. Open Journal of Radiology, 5, 59-65. doi: 10.4236/ojrad.2015.52010.