Symposium on Atomic Energy in Animal Science. I. The Illinois Animal Science Counter: Performance Characteristics and Animal Radioactivity Measurement Procedures
- 31 October 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Animal Science
- Vol. 25 (4) , 1209-1217
- https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1966.2541209x
Abstract
A large-volume liquid scintillation detector capable of measuring radioactivity in human beings and animals as large as cattle is described. The performance characteristics of the instrument are described, including short- and long-term electronic stability, energy resolution, detection efficiency calibration and the use of instrument standards. Methods are discussed for preparing animals for K40 measurements so as to reduce interference by radiocontaminants, and for loading and positioning animals in the detector so as to minimize errors caused by positioning and subject movement.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- CISCO - WHOLE-BODY COUNTER FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS + MAN1964
- DENSITOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF BODY COMPOSITION: REVISION OF SOME QUANTITATIVE ASSUMPTIONS*Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1963