Nuclear Medicine & PET Accreditation

Preparing for ACR Accreditation

ACR Accreditation is a valuable tool for maintaining excellence in everything from operations to patient care. To prepare for your application:

Confirm that your medical imaging staff has the appropriate experience and qualifications.
Perform all quality control tests as established by ACR and your nuclear medicine/PET unit manufacturer.
Work with your supervising physician to select your best nuclear medicine/PET images for submission.

The comprehensive information you need to guide you through all of the above, including complete program requirements and testing instructions, can be found here.

Accreditation forms and quick links

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Your Roadmap to Accreditation Submission

Once you’ve applied and received your testing materials, the following documents can help you navigate the next steps to ACR Accreditation.

Accreditation Process for New and Renewing Facilities Nuclear Medicine/PET Accreditation Checklist and Milestones

Fees

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Announcements

NOVEMBER 1, 2024
ACR Offers International Recognition for Quality and Safety ACR Accreditation will soon offer non-U.S. imaging facilities recognition for meeting current ACR accreditation standards. Facilities will submit self-assessment documentation for verification. No clinical or phantom images required.
Watch for updates
ACR Nuclear Medicine Accreditation

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the definition of a small rectangular field camera for nuclear medicine phantoms will change to the smallest dimension < 32 cm (current requirement is the longest dimension < 32 cm). The purpose of this update is to better identify scanners with a small field of view (FOV) and differentiate the small FOV scanners from those with a large FOV.

Please refer to the Phantom Testing: Nuclear Medicine article for details. Be sure to carefully review the requirements before submitting testing items for accreditation review. Requirements are subject to change at any time. Please check ACR requirements frequently for updates.

If you have questions, please submit a support ticket. Select "Accreditation" for Support Team and "Ultrasound/NM/PET Technical" for Category.
ACR PET Accreditation

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the mean background criteria for PET phantoms will change to 0.90-1.10 for SUV measurements. The aim for this update is to reduce the variability tolerance of the background SUV to +/- 10% from the previous +/- 15%. This change helps to improve the accuracy of scanner calibration and SUV measurements.

Please refer to the Phantom Criteria and Phantom Testing: PET articles for details. Be sure to carefully review the requirements before submitting testing items for accreditation review. Requirements are subject to change at any time. Please check ACR requirements frequently for updates.

If you have questions, please submit a support ticket. Select "Accreditation" for Support Team and "Ultrasound/NM/PET Technical" for Category.