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Table 3 Values for τw obtained with Eq. 5 using values of η available in the literature. Window fractions obtained from detector 2 were used as it covered a larger range of count rates

From: Deadtime effects in quantification of 177Lu activity for radionuclide therapy

 

η = 1

η = 1.4

True τw

η required to obtain true value of τw

τw113 [μs]

1.0

1.9

6.04 ± 0.23

2.1

τw208 [μs]

1.4

3.0

4.79 ± 0.18

1.6

  1. The last two columns show the value of η which would be required to correctly predict the DT value determined in our experiments