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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 5, 050301(2025)

Study on background count rate and counting efficiency of plastic scintillation microspheres

Hui ZHANG^1,2、*, Yadong WANG^1,2, Yan MA^1,2, and Lina MA^1,2

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¹China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan 030006, China

²Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Translational Nuclear Medicine and Precision Protection, Taiyuan 030006, China

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Category: NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Received: Jun. 17, 2024

Accepted: --

Published Online: Jun. 26, 2025

The Author Email: Hui ZHANG (513563244@qq.com)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.240277

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