Table 1 Some figures of merit of the Cerenkov emission in water and soft tissue
From: Cerenkov luminescence imaging: physics principles and potential applications in biomedical sciences
Water | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|
n, average in (400–1000) nm | 1.33 | 1.4 |
θ max (β→1) | 41° | 44° |
T min (θ=0), β particle | 264 keV | 219 keV |
\(\frac {dN}{dl} (400-1000\:\text {nm}), \: \beta \rightarrow 1\) | 20 ph/mm | 23 ph/mm |