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Hudson, 1994 - Google Patents

Measurement of the energy resolution of a xy plastic scintillating fiber stack detector coupled to position sensitive photomultiplier tubes

Hudson, 1994

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4906152659926387731
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Hudson C
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The energy resolution is measured for a plastic scintillating fiber detector coupled to position sensitive photomultiplier tubes. A point source (Mn-54) is placed at a distance in front of an xy plastic scintillating fiber stack which is coupled to two Hamamatsu R2486 position …
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    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
    • G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
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