THYROID UPTAKE 4-12
Uptake Is Complete" and prompts you to save the results. If you click <Yes> the results are stored and
cannot be changed. If you click <No> and do not save the results, the system allows you to recount the
thyroid and patient background. It is recommended that the results be saved if they are satisfactory.
After saving the thyroid uptake results, the system returns to the MCA Operation screen. You can
now use the system for other operations if desired. If you come back to this patient at a later time,
follow steps 1-3 and then go to step 11.
NOTE: Click on <Stop> at anytime to stop counting and use the counts up to that point for results. Click on
<Abort> to cancel the current counting operation without using the current count. You can then go in and
manually change the numbers if you have selected this option in your procedure definition.
16. If you are using a procedure to recount a standard, the system will highlight the button to count the
standard.
17. Place the standard in the neck phantom.
18. Click <Count Standard>.
19. Remove the standard from the phantom and store it away.
20. Count the empty phantom to obtain the current lab background count.
21. The system now displays a prompt to save results. Click <Yes> to save the results with the number.
Click <No> to redo any count.
22. When satisfied, save the results.
After saving the thyroid uptake results, the system returns to the MCA Operation screen. You can now
use the system for other operations if desired. If you come back to this patient at a later time, follow steps
1-3 and then go to step 11.
Printing A Thyroid Uptake Report
(See Figure 4-4.)
1. After saving a Thyroid Uptake as described above, click on the <Report> icon in the primary tool
bar. The Report Generation screen should be displayed.
2. Click on the desired parameters, including Thyroid Uptake test, then key in the Technologist name
(or select the desired name from the pull-down technologist list). Key in dose activity and any
comments to be printed on the report.
3.
Click
on
<Preview>
if
you
want
to
preview
how
the
report
will
look
when
it
is
printed.
4.
Click
on
<Print>
to
print
the
report.
5. Click on <Close> to return to the Thyroid Uptake screen.
Printing A Time Activity Uptake Report
(See Figure 4-5.)
The Time Activity Curve plots a decay curve showing the decay of the isotope in the thyroid. Several data
sets must be counted before printing this report. The report should be printed when half the original rate
remains in the thyroid.
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