Published 1990
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The long-term stability and reliability of photomultipliers used in Anger scintillation cameras
Description
A test instrument has been designed to measure the stability of PMT's (photomultiplier tubes) used in Anger scintillation cameras. The instrument is comprised of a number of glass capsules containing beta-emitting tritium with a blue phosphor to provide very stable light sources along with a data logger to monitor anode current. Three hundred sixty PMT's are simultaneously tested for anode luminous sensitivity, dark current, long-term drift rate, erratic gain instabilities and rms noise. This paper discusses results in the use of the instrument to test over 300 000 PMT's and the impact upon Anger camera reliability is assessed
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- IEEE Service Center.
- Imprint Place
- Piscataway, NJ (USA)
- Imprint Title
- IEEE nuclear science symposium conference record emdash 1990
- Imprint Pagination
- 1636 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 163-168.
Conference
- Title
- 1990 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium.
- Dates
- 22-27 Oct 1990.
- Place
- Arlington, VA (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22091687
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANODES; GAIN; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNERS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICATIONS; STABILITY; TEST FACILITIES; TRITIUM
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLIFICATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PHOTOTUBES; RADIOISOTOPES; TESTING; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-9010220--.