Development Of Radiation Detectors Research Articles

The Politics of Uranium and The Atom Besieged

"The Politics of Uranium and The Atom Besieged." Nuclear Technology, 60(2), pp. 333–334 Additional informationNotes on contributorsGeoffrey G. EichholzGeoffrey G. Eichholz is Regents’ Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he joined in 1963. He obtained his PhD in physics at the University of Leeds, England, and was awarded the DSc degree in 1979. He has edited the book Radioisotopes Engineering and is the author of Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Power and Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection, both published by Ann Arbor Science Publishers. His research interests include the migration of radioactive wastes, environmental surveillance problems, radiation detector development, industrial radiation application, nuclear materials technology, and the health physics of nonionizing radiations.Geoffrey G. EichholzGeoffrey G. Eichholz is Regents’ Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he joined in 1963. He obtained his PhD in physics at the University of Leeds, England, and was awarded the DSc degree in 1979. He has edited the book Radioisotopes Engineering and is the author of Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Power and Principles of Nuclear Radiation Detection, both published by Ann Arbor Science Publishers. His research interests include the migration of radioactive wastes, environmental surveillance problems, radiation detector development, industrial radiation application, nuclear materials technology, and the health physics of nonionizing radiations.

Development of Radiation Detectors

Development of Radiation Detectors

What is nuclear medicine all about?

The field of nuclear medicine, defined as the application of radioactive tracers to medical diagnosis and treatment, has progressed significantly over recent years. At one time, only measurements of the concentrations of the radioactive tracers or other chemicals in blood, urine or other biologic material could be obtained at various intervals after the administration of a tracer or chemical. Therefore, prior to development of radiation detectors that reveal the distribution of radioactive tracers within the body, the function of the body could be studied only as a whole. It now is possible to study both regional and total body function by using the many radioactive tracers available and suitable imaging devices. By using the short-lived tracers (which have improved the quality of the images and reduced the radiation dose to the patient) and the recently developed scintillation camera, rapid dynamic studies of the course of the tracers through regions of the body may be performed, so that both spatial and temporal resolution is obtained. The use of computers has added a new dimension to the field of nuclear medicine. It is possible to improve greatly the quality of the information obtained. As a result, the regional distribution of radioactivity can be quantified and the changes that take place over a period of time in serial studies evaluated. Thus using a variety of radioactive tracers, each measuring a specific function, we can construct a mosaic of quantitative measurements of regional function. In this way, nuclear medicine may develop a body of coherent knowledge and become a clinical science as well as a collection of useful technics.

Historical Aspect of Development of Radiation Detectors in Japan

Historical Aspect of Development of Radiation Detectors in Japan

Erratum to : Historical Aspect of Development of Radiation Detectors in Japan

Erratum to : Historical Aspect of Development of Radiation Detectors in Japan

Annual Review of Nuclear Science, Vol. 20 (1970)

"Annual Review of Nuclear Science, Vol. 20 (1970)." Nuclear Technology, 11(2), pp. 270–271 Additional informationNotes on contributorsR. L. MacklinR. L. Macklin has spent most of his professional life at Oak Ridge, working successively in radiation monitoring, uranium radioactive decay studies, radiation detector development, nuclear reaction crosssection measurements, neutron timeof- flight experiments, stellar nucleosynthesis, trace element analysis by proton reactions and gammaray astronomy. Dr. Macklin attended Yale University, receiving both his BS (1941) and PhD (1944) degrees in organic chemistry.