Scintillator material

Anderson, David F; Kross, Brian J

Scintillator material

Patent · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:869341

Anderson, David F ^[1]; Kross, Brian J ^[2]

Batavia, IL
Aurora, IL

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.

Research Organization:: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH03000

Assignee:: Universities Research Association, Inc. (Washington, DC)

Patent Number(s):: US 5319203

OSTI ID:: 869341

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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