Published September 11, 1998 | Version v1
Journal article

Radioactivity measurement of 188Re by Cherenkov counting

  • 1. Department of Radioisotopes, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-11, (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Isotopes, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing (China)

Description

It is demonstrated that the radioactivity of 188Re, which is of current interest for the use in therapeutic applications in the field of nuclear medicine, can be precisely determined by Cherenkov counting using conventional scintillation counters, ranging from as low as background level to a 104 Bq level. Parameters such as sample volume, type of the counting vial, etc., which may affect the detection efficiency of this method, are systematically examined and evaluated

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S0969804397100227;

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Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
9-11
Journal Page Range
p. 1069-1072
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

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Copyright (c) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.