Standardization of Ga-68 by coincidence measurements, liquid scintillation counting and 4πγ counting

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2006-2011

  Roteta, Miguel ^a   Peyres, Virginia ^a   Rodríguez Barquero, Leonor ^b   García Toraño, Eduardo ^a   Arenillas, Pablo ^b   Balpardo, Christian ^b   Rodrígues, Darío ^b   Llovera, Roberto ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ga 68; Ge 68; Radionuclide standardization

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON CAPTURE; GA-68; GAMMA-COUNTING; GE-68; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NAI DETECTOR; POSITRON EMISSION; POSITRON EMITTERS;

GERMANIUM; POSITRONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; STANDARDIZATION;

GALLIUM;

GALLIUM 68; GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM 68; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

4 PI BETA GAMMA COINCIDENCE METHOD; ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; HALF LIFE TIME; INTEGRAL GAMMA COUNTING; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; STANDARDIZATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HALF-LIFE; INTERNATIONALITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 84864119924     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.066     Document Type: Article

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