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.
- Inventors:
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- Batavia, IL
- Aurora, IL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 869341
- Patent Number(s):
- 5319203
- Assignee:
- Universities Research Association, Inc. (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01T - MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- scintillator; material; improved; comprising; cerium; fluoride; disclosed; found; provide; balance; stopping; power; light; yield; decay; constant; superior; materials; thallium-doped; sodium; iodide; barium; bismuth; germanate; result; favorably; suited; positron; emission; tomography; stopping power; scintillator material; material comprising; emission tomography; positron emission; scintillator materials; cerium fluoride; comprising cerium; favorably suited; barium fluoride; decay constant; light yield; improved scintillator; /250/
Citation Formats
Anderson, David F, and Kross, Brian J. Scintillator material. United States: N. p., 1994.
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Anderson, David F, & Kross, Brian J. Scintillator material. United States.
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"Scintillator material". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/869341.
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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.},
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year = {1994},
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