Reduced background scintillation counting
US4651006A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/172
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for separating background events from valid sample events in a liquid scintillation counter are disclosed. Upon the detection of a coincident event pulse the number of pulses detected during a short time interval immediately thereafter together with the energy level of the event pulse is utilized to determine the probability that the event pulse is a valid sample pulse as opposed to an invalid background pulse. The total count rate is determined by summing pulses over the appropriate energy range where each pulse is counted as one multiplied by the above probability that the pulse is a valid sample pulse.
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