Scintillator material
Patent
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OSTI ID:869341
- 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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