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Dose calibration kits designed for testing the linearity of dose calibrators used in nuclear medicine during quality control procedures. These kits typically consist of a set of lead-wrapped tubes, each capable of attenuating by certain amounts the radioactivity of a nuclear source (typically a 99m Technetium). The kits simulate the decay of a nuclear source from a range of a few hours up to several days allowing the measurement of the decay-equivalent activity, eliminating the need to fractionate eluents or to decay them for several days. These kits are used in nuclear medicine departments during routine quality control procedures of nuclear medicine dose calibrators which are intended to calibrate the dose of radiopharmaceutical vials and syringes and other small radiation sources.
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