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SCILNTILLATION FIBER DETECTOR FOR IN-VIVO ENDOSCOPIC INTER- NAL DOSIMETRY

Award Information
Agency: Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 7609
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
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Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1987
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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560 San Antonio Road Suite 105
Palo Alto, CA 94306
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

AN ALPHA/BETA RADIATION DETECTOR SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE INSTRUMENT CHANNEL OF A FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPE WILL BE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE IN-VIVO IN-SITU BIOASSAY MEASUREMENTS LEADING TO COMPUTER-ASSISTED ESTIMATES OF IN- TERNAL DOSE AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE RESPIRATORY AND GASTRO- INTESTINAL TRACTS. DURING PHASE I OF THE PROGRAM, ALPHA AND BETA PARTICLE SENSITIVE SCINTILLATING PLASTIC FIBERS WILL BE PULLED (1.0 TO 3.5 MM O.D.) AND FABRICATED TO COUPLE THEIR LIGHT-PIPED EMISSIONS TO A PHOTOMULTIPLIER DETECTOR. A VARIETY OF SCINTILLATOR FORMULATIONS AND DESIGNS WILL BE TESTED TO ASCERTAIN HOW DETECTION CHARAC- TERISTICS VARY WITH PHYSICAL PARAMETERS. ALPHA AND BETA PARTICLE SCINTILLATION SPECTRA WILL BE STUDIED USING A MICROCOMPUTER MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYZER TO ASSESS EFFICIENCY, RESOLUTION, AND MINIMUM DETECTABLE AMOUNTS (MDA). PRELIMIN-ARY DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ASSIST IN THEDETERMINATION OF THE OVERALL UTILITY OF THE ANALYTIC METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED INTERNAL DOSE ESTIMATES.

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