Published June 13, 1975 | Version v1
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Scintillation camera with improved resolution

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Description

A description is given of an Anger-type scintillation camera employing a threshold preamplifier at the output of each photomultiplier tube to eliminate the contribution of tubes distant from the location of each scintillation to the coordinate position signal, thereby improving the intrinsic resolution of the Anger-type detector. (author)

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
31p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G01T 1/202; A61B 6/02; Nat. Cl. 00.8; 87.8; 87.4-0.
IPC
Int. Cl. G01T 1/202; A61B 6/02; Nat. Cl. 00.8; 87.8; 87.4-0.
Patent number
AU patent document 463006/B/

INIS

Country of Publication
Australia
Country of Input or Organization
Australia
INIS RN
7257928
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; GAMMA CAMERAS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PREAMPLIFIERS; SCINTISCANNING; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION
Descriptors DEC
AMPLIFIERS; CAMERAS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTOTUBES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING; RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS

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Notes
Filed 11 Oct 1971, publ. 19 Apr 1973, priority USA 12 Oct 1970 (79861), copies available from the Commissioner of Patents, Canberra.