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Title: Scintillator material

Abstract

An improved scintillator material comprising cerium fluoride is disclosed. Cerium fluoride has been found to provide a balance of good stopping power, high light yield and short decay constant that is superior to known scintillator materials such as thallium-doped sodium iodide, barium fluoride and bismuth germanate. As a result, cerium fluoride is favorably suited for use as a scintillator material in positron emission tomography. 4 figs.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7285192
Patent Number(s):
US 5319203; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-932283
Assignee:
Universities Research Association, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03000
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 19 Aug 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; CERIUM FLUORIDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EFFICIENCY; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PROCESSING; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY; 550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics

Citation Formats

Anderson, D F, and Kross, B J. Scintillator material. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Anderson, D F, & Kross, B J. Scintillator material. United States.
Anderson, D F, and Kross, B J. 1994. "Scintillator material". United States.
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abstractNote = {An improved scintillator material comprising cerium fluoride is disclosed. Cerium fluoride has been found to provide a balance of good stopping power, high light yield and short decay constant that is superior to known scintillator materials such as thallium-doped sodium iodide, barium fluoride and bismuth germanate. As a result, cerium fluoride is favorably suited for use as a scintillator material in positron emission tomography. 4 figs.},
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year = {Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
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