Reported by (Name):

James R Halama, PhD
Organization:

Loyola University Medical Center
Position Title:

Medical Physicist, Assoc. Prof. of Radiology
Activity:

Finalized comments and completed document IEC 61675-1: RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING DEVICES –CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST ONDITIONS: Part 1: Positron emission tomographs and submitted for voting and final approval for publication.

Continued on draft of update for document IEC 61675-2: Gamma cameras for planar and SPECT imaging. Proposed to add new section on measurement of image quality using the IEC whole-body phantom. Responsible for collecting new data for section.

Agreed to host the next meeting of the working group in Chicago on May 20-23, 2013.

Meeting Dates:

March 12-15, 2012
Meeting Location:

Erlangen, Germany
Payment $:

$1976.49 for meeting in Erlangen
Reasons for Attending or not Attending

Participate in working group deliberations. See above.
Issues from Previous Meetings or Year:

Finalizing test procedures to be included in the final drafts.
General Description of Activities of the Organization and/or Meeting:

IEC is the international standards organization. My appointment to IEC SC 62C W2 maintains the standards for nuclear medicine instrumentation.
Issues for AAPM:

IEC developed standard include input from AAPM members.
Budget Request ($):

$2000

Reported by (Name):

zailu

2012-07-09

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