Patent ID: 8571881

Claim:
Apparatus for use with at least one labeled radiopharmaceutical agent, the apparatus comprising: a container containing the at least one labeled radiopharmaceutical agent for administration to a patient; a portable computer-communicatable data carrier associated with the container, the data carrier containing: an identifier of the patient, and imaging protocol information indicative of steps of an imaging procedure, for use with the patient and the at least one labeled radiopharmaceutical agent; and an imaging system, which is configured to receive the imaging protocol information from the data carrier, and which comprises: a camera; and an imaging control unit, which is configured to drive the camera to perform the steps of the imaging procedure responsively to the imaging protocol information received from the data carrier, wherein the apparatus is characterized by a property selected from the group consisting of: (a) the data carrier comprises a coupling mechanism configured to be coupled to the patient, and the container is labeled with the identifier of the patient, (b) the data carrier is physically coupled to the container, and (c) the apparatus further comprises a portable joining element, which is configured to be coupled to the container, and the data carrier is physically coupled to the portable joining element.