scintillation detector

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detector
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tər/us
/dɪˈtek.tɚ/
a device used to find particular substances or things, or measure ...
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This was done using a stilbene crystalscintillationdetector.
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Posicam used barium fluoride for thescintillationdetectorand was primarily used by researchers interested in cardiac imaging.
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For dual channel detectors such as thescintillationdetectorit is normal to generate different sounds for alpha and beta.
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For example, in ascintillationdetector, incident radiation excites a fluorescent material that de-excites by emitting photons of light.
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This would be by means of either ascintillationdetectoror a semiconductor detector, placed in close proximity to the body.
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Precision of time measurement with ascintillationdetectoris proportional to (sc).
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They claimed a liquidscintillationdetectormeasured neutron levels at 8 standard deviations above the background level, while plastic detectors measured levels at 3.8 standard deviations above the background.
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The energy of accelerated electrons was measured with the magnetic spectrometer consisting of a dipole magnet and an array of 32 scintillation detectors.
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Detection hardware refers to the kind of neutron detector used (the most common today is thescintillationdetector) and to the electronics used in the detection setup.
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Two scintillation detectors were placed next to the cadmium targets.
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Pairs of photons in coincidence could be detected by the two scintillation detectors above and below the target.
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Scintillation detectors are generally preferred for hand held monitoring instruments, and are designed with a large detection window to make monitoring of large areas faster.
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Each location has four scintillation detectors which emit light when hit by charged particles.
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The earliest sensors were scintillation detectors, with photomultiplier tubes excited by (typically) cesium iodide crystals.
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It uses six plastic scintillation detectors, one each on the top, bottom, back, left and right sides of the chamber, plus one in the door.
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Scintillation detectors are generally assumed to be linear.
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Thus, better scintillator design is also in the foreground and has been the topic of pursuit ever since the invention of scintillation detectors.
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