A Scintillation Counter for Measurement of I¹³¹ Uptake in the Thyroid Gland

Technical Report · Wed May 17 00:00:00 EDT 1950

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4426002· OSTI ID:4426002

MacIntyre, William J. ^[1]

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1. Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)

A scintillation counter for detection of I¹³¹ uptake in the thyroid gland has been constructed and described. Improvement over the conventional Geiger counter and scaler set-up as previously used has been achieved by a factor of 30 ~ 50 in sensitivity. A six week period of clinical use of this counter is compared with the use of the Geiger counter. A discussion of the response of various phosphors to the gamma rays of I¹³¹ is included along with a description of the equipment employed.

• Research Organization: Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• NSA Number: NSA-04-004006
• OSTI ID: 4426002
• Report Number(s): NYO--1605
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACTIVATION
ANTHRACENE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CRYSTALS
DETECTION
GAMMA RADIATION
INSTRUMENTS
IODINE 131
MEASURED VALUES
METABOLISM
NAPHTHALENE
PHOSPHORS
PHYSICS
PLANNING
POTASSIUM IODIDES
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SENSITIVITY
THALLIUM
THYROID