High resolution track etch autoradiography

Patent · Tue Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:6610031

Solares, G; Zamenhof, R G

A detector assembly is disclosed for use in obtaining alpha-track autoradiographs, the detector assembly including a substantially boron-free substrate; a detector layer deposited on the substantially boron-free substrate, the detector layer being capable of recording alpha particle tracks and exhibiting evidence of the alpha tracks in response to being exposed to an etchant, the detector layer being less than about 2 microns thick; and a protective layer deposited on the detector layer, the protective layer being resistant to the etchant and having a thickness of about 0.5 to 1 microns. 13 figures.

• DOE Contract Number: FG02-87ER60600
• Assignee: New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA (United States); Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5376800; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 8-120126
• OSTI ID: 6610031
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 10 Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
AUTORADIOGRAPHY
DIELECTRIC TRACK DETECTORS
DESIGN
ALPHA DETECTION
PARTICLE TRACKS
CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION
DETECTION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
550601* - Medicine- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments