TABLE OF CONTENTS
Advances in
Scintillation Counting
Proceedings of the International
Conference on
Advances in Scintillation Counting
Banff,
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Scintillation Counting:
An Extrapolation into the Future
H H Ross ..................................................................................................................... 1
Energy per Photoelectron
in a Liquid Scintillation Counter
as a Function of Electron Energy
D L Horrocks ............................................................................................................. 16
Theoretical Expressions
for the Counting Efficiency and Pulse Height Distribution
Obtained
for a Beta-Emitting Isotope by a Liquid Scintillation Counter
K Rundt, H
Kouru and T Oikari ................................................................................... 30
Determination of Specific
Activity of Tritium Labelled Compounds by Gas-Liquid
Radiochromatography
and Liquid Radiochromatography
C T Peng and
Guo-yin Cao ......................................................................................... 43
Ga-67: A Novel Internal
Standard for Liquid Scintillation Counting
A A Noujaim
and S A McQuarrie ................................................................................. 57
Review on the Evolution
of Safety, Ecology and Economical Aspects
in Liquid Scintillation Counting
Materials and Techniques
D A Kalbhen
and V J Tarkkanen .................................................................................. 66
The Influence of the User
on Instrument Development
D L Horrocks ............................................................................................................... 71
The Optics of LS Systems
K Erickson, R
Winn and D L Horrocks............................................................................ 90
Radioactive Flow
Detectors - Liquid or Solid Scintillator
A R Reich ................................................................................................................ 106
An Evaluation of Microchannel
Plate Photomultipliers for
Liquid Scintillation Counting
J D Spaulding
and J
Automated Radioactivity
Sample Processor, the RSP-Beta 400
M J Kessler and A R Reich ........................................................................................ 123
The Use of a
Microprocessor in Data Processing for Liquid Scintillation Counting
J Elbrink .................................................................................................................. 132
Determining Conversion
Electron Yields in a Liquid Scintillation System
D L Horrocks ............................................................................................................ 138
Oxi-Flo: An Instrument
Concept for the Combined Sample Preparation
and Measurement of Low
Energy Beta Radiolabelled Biological Samples
A R Reich and
M J Kessler ........................................................................................ 147
Status of Photon Counting
Using Solid Scintillators
R L Heath ............................................................................................................... 156
Computer Simulation of
the Light Selection Process in
Scintillation Gamma-Ray Cameras
G Normand, M
Jatteau, P Lelong and J Ott ................................................................ 176
Influence of Optical and
Geometric Parameters on Scintillation
Detection in Gamma Camera Heads
M Jatteau and
G Normand ........................................................................................ 190
Standardization of In-111
A J Kolb and
D L Horrocks ........................................................................................ 208
Interactive Modeling of
Scintillation Pulses by Visual Overlay of Computed
Pulse
Shapes with the Raw Data
J M Flournoy,
S S Lutz, L A Franks, C B Ashford and P B Lyons .................................. 219
Measurement of Bio- and
Chemiluminescence Liquid Scintillation
Counters vs. Dedicated Luminometers
F Berthold ............................................................................................................... 230
Quantification of
Phagocytic Cellular Chemiluminescence
L
Quantitative Assessment
of Human Neutrophil Function by Chemiluminescence
J J Capone
and P C Brennan ..................................................................................... 256
Photometers for Measuring
Single Photon Events: A Discussion of
their Present Status with some Comments
on the
Need for a Convenient Light Standard
P E Stanley,
J Vossen and S. Kolehmainen ................................................................ 271
Sample Preparation in
Liquid Scintillation Counting
C-T Peng ................................................................................................................. 279
Designing Improved Liquid
Scintillation Counting Cocktails with the
Aid of the Dominant-Phase Theory
of Microemulsions
N
PMP, A Novel Solute for
Liquid and Plastic Scintillation Counting
H Gusten ................................................................................................................. 330
Liquid Scintillation
Counting Technique: Some Unusual Possibilities
S
Apelgot ................................................................................................................ 340
Determination of Sample
Homogeneity in Liquid Scintillation Counting
S J DeFilippis
and L J Everett ................................................................................... 349
A High-Z Organic
Scintillation Solution
I B Berlman,
L A Franks, S S Lutz, J M Flournoy, C B Ashford and P B Lyons .............. 365
Evaluation of Liquid
Scintillation Counting Accuracy:
Effect of Various
Chemical Quenching Agents
and Effect of Milky Sample Preparations
S
Progress in the
Development of Water-Miscible Non-Hazardous
Liquid Scintillation Solvents
T F Kellogg .............................................................................................................. 387
Thermal Quenching of Some
Liquid Scintillators
S S Lutz, C B
Ashford, J M Flournoy, L A Franks and P B Lyons ................................... 394
Applications of Low-Level
Liquid Scintillation Counting
J
Electronic Optimization
of Scintillation Counters for
Detection of Low-Level H-3 and C-14
H Polach, J
Nurmi, B Kojola,
An Approach to Low-Level
H-3 and C-14 Analysis at the
Alberta Environmental Center
L D
A Single Photomultiplier
Liquid Scintillation Counting Apparatus
for C-14 Low-Level Measurement
Fu Pei-yun
and Zhang Ting-kui ................................................................................ 456
Effects of Vial Holder
Materials and Design on Low-Level
C-14 Scintillation Counting
D Butterfield
and H Polach ....................................................................................... 468
Model DYS Low-Level
Liquid Scintillation Counter
Jiang
Han-ying, Luu Shao-wan, Fu Shi-mi, Zhang Wen-xin,
Zhang Ting-kui, Ye Yuan-shen, Li Mei-fen,
Fu Pei-yun,
Wang Shu-xian, Peng Cheng-hang and Jiang Pei-dong .............................................. 478
The 'Windowless' Approach
to Scintillation Counting:
Low-Level C-14 as an Example
H Polach, S
Robertson, D Butterfield, J Gower and
An Ideal Vial and
Cocktail for Low-Level Scintillation Counting
H Polach, J
Gower, H Kojola, A Heinonen .................................................................. 508
INFORMAL SESSION ................................................................................................ 526
A HISTORY OF LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING ................................................... 555
CLOSING REMARKS - C Ediss ................................................................................... 560
INDEX .................................................................................................................... 563