LSWG Meeting November 12–13, 2008

National Physical Laboratory
Teddington, UK

Wednesday 12^th

Introductions

• Brief descriptions of Life Sciences programs and key personnel
• Previous meetings
  • Paris 2007

Transfer of Nuclear Medicine Standards I & II

• Collection of Dose Calibrator Dial Settings (J. Cessna)
• New Electrometer System for Well Type Ionization Chambers (J. Sephton)
• NPL experience with 99mTc Calibration by travelling Detector (J. Keightley)
• Radionuclide Activity Calibrator measurements at NPL (J. Keightley)
• Life Sciences: Activity Report from the Radioactivity Department at PTB (K. Kossert)
• Extending Traceability to Nuclear Medicine Imaging - PET (B. Zimmerman)
• Extending Traceability to Nuclear Medicine Imaging - Small Animal SPECT (J. Cessna)
• IAEA Cooperative Research Project (B. Zimmerman)

Recent Standardizations/Measurements

• ⁶⁸Ge⁶⁸Ga at NIST (B. Zimmerman)
• Recent Standardizations at NPL (L. Johansson)
• ²²³Ra at NIST (J. Cessna)
• Recent Submissions to KCDB (J. Cessna)

Thursday 13^th

Other topics

• ANSI N42.13 upcoming new version (J. Cessna)

• Review of New Orleans 55th SNM Meeting and Munich EANM Congress (J.Cessna)

• Discussion Topic: Communicating the importance of radionuclide metrology in the life sciences and attaining funding (proposed by K. Kossert)

  • NIST Perspective (J. Cessna)
  • Radionuclide Calibrator User Forum at NPL (J. Keightley)
    • ³²P
    • Radionuclide Calibrator Linearity
  • European Funding Opportunities (K. Kossert)
    • ⁶⁴Cu
    • ⁶⁷Cu
    • ²¹¹At
• Discussion Topic: (Re)Starting a Radionuclide Metrology Program: What do you need for Life Sciences?
  • IAEA Experience (B. Zimmerman)
  • NIST Perspective (J.Cessna)
• Discussion Topic: Comparisons of ⁶⁷Ga and ²⁰¹Tl (proposed by L. Mo)

Other business

• New comparisons, other exercises, Conclusion