Primary activity measurements with a 4πΒ-4πγ coincidence counting system

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Nedjadi, Youcef ^a   Bailat, Claude J ^a   Bochud, François O ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

4 4 ; 133Ba; 134Cs; Coincidence counting; Plastic scintillation; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

133BA; 134CS; ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; BETA DETECTION; COINCIDENCE COUNTING; GAMMA-COUNTING; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; LOW NOISE; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MONOCRYSTAL; OPTICAL FILTERING; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; RADIOACTIVE CONCENTRATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

BARIUM; CESIUM; DETECTORS; HOLMIUM; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION; STANDARDIZATION;

COUNTING CIRCUITS;

BARIUM; BARIUM 133; CESIUM 134; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; SCINTILLATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 81155160953     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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