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US4187428A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method and apparatus for absolute activity determination of radionuclides

Assignee: National Centre for Nuclear Research
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Filing: 1978-05-15
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Granted: 1980-02-05
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Expires: 1998-05-15
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Abstract

Abstract A method and apparatus for absolute activity determination of radionuclides, especially of low maximum energy pure beta-emitters as for instance 3 H, 63 Ni, 14 C, 35 S. The application of the invention can also be extended for activity determinations of other radionuclides, for example of those disintegrating through the electron capture. The method contemplates producing pulses of various multiples of coincidence simultaneously, and correlating the counts of the pulses to obtain a measure of the absolute activity. This is achieved by providing a scintillation head containing at least three photomultipliers optically coupled to the scintillator and the source whose activity is to be measured. The outputs of the photomultipliers are connected via amplifiers to coincidence gates having two and three inputs. The outputs of coincidence gates with two inputs are connected to a summing circuit whose output constitutes the first output of the system, the output of the gate with three inputs constituting the second output of the system.

Inventors

  • 👤 Krzysztof K. Pochwalski
  • 👤 Tomasz E. Radoszewski

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 04:54
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01T; G01T1/00; G01T1/16; G01T1/17; G01T1/178

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 67 words
A method for the absolute activity determination of radionuclides comprising producing pulses from three photomultipliers optically coupled to a scintillator and to a radionuclide source to be measured, producing further pulses representing multiples of coincidence of the first said pulses and correlating the counts obtained from the further pulses of the various multiples of coincidence to obtain a measure of the absolute activity of the radionuclide source.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 67 words
A method for the absolute activity determination of radionuclides comprising producing pulses from three photomultipliers optically coupled to a scintillator and to a radionuclide source to be measured, producing further pulses representing multiples of coincidence of the first said pulses and correlating the counts obtained from the further pulses of the various multiples of coincidence to obtain a measure of the absolute activity of the radionuclide source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the multiples of coincidence are based on the coincidences of pairs of pulses from the photomultipliers and of the coincidence of all three pulses from the photomultipliers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 45 words
A method as claimed in claim 2 comprising adding the coincidences of the pairs of pulses from the photomultipliers and correlating the same with the coincidence of all three pulses from the photomultipliers to determine the measure of the absolute activity of the radionuclide source.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 68 words
Apparatus for the determination of absolute activity of a radionuclide source, said apparatus comprising a scintillation head containing the radionuclide source whose activity is to be determined, a scintillator in said head, three photomultipliers optically coupled with said scintillation head for producing respective pulses, and gate means coupled to said photomultipliers for producing first and second output pulses corresponding to various multiples of coincident pulses from the photomultipliers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 68 words
Apparatus for the determination of absolute activity of a radionuclide source, said apparatus comprising a scintillation head containing the radionuclide source whose activity is to be determined, a scintillator in said head, three photomultipliers optically coupled with said scintillation head for producing respective pulses, and gate means coupled to said photomultipliers for producing first and second output pulses corresponding to various multiples of coincident pulses from the photomultipliers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said gate means includes AND gates having two inputs connected to respective pairs of photomultipliers and an AND gate with three inputs connected to the outputs of the three photomultipliers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 22 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 5 comprising a summator connected to the outputs of the three AND gates with the two inputs.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 18 words
Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 comprising amplifiers connected between the outputs of the photomultipliers and the gates.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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