Hidex Oy

Petri Aronkytö

Timo E Oikari

Ville Haaslahti

Eveliina Arponen

Risto Juvonen

The present invention provides a method for determining a background count rate in liquid scintillation counting. The method comprises measuring external standard spectra of a sample, determining, from the external standard spectra, a triple to double coincidence ratio and a quench parameter, determining, based on the triple to double coincidence ratio and the quench parameter, a background reference parameter, and determining, based on the background reference parameter, the background count rate from a background reference curve.

Method for determining a background count rate in liquid scintillation counting

The present invention provides a method for determining a background count rate in liquid scintillation counting. The method comprises measuring an external standard spectrum () of a sample, determining, from the external standard spectrum, an external standard count rate within an energy window (), determining, based on the external standard count rate within the energy window, a background reference parameter, and determining, based on the background reference parameter, the background count rate from a background reference curve ().

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