c. High voltage power supply moves the – charged particles. d. Pre-amp converts the electrons to a – shapes the pulse, and amplifies the signal. e. Amplifier- shapes and further amplifies the Objective B.22 signal. f. Analog to Digital converter converts the – signal to digital values. The digital values become a memory location, channel, in the multi-channel analyzer. g. Multi-channel analyzer analyzes the – values in the channels and creates a spectrum that is processed by software to identify the radionuclide that emitted the incident gammas. 7. Spectroscopy Equipment Operational Checks Objective B.23 a. Energy calibration relates the energy of Puts known peak in – the gamma to a channel number. Performed known channel. during initial setup, after replacement of major components, or if unsatisfactory Method Quality Assurance, MQA, MQA is performed once performance results are obtained. every 6 months.
c. High voltage power supply – moves the charged particles. d. Pre-amp – converts the electrons to a shapes the pulse, and amplifies the signal. e. Amplifier- shapes and further amplifies the signal. f. Analog to Digital converter – converts the signal to digital values. The digital values become a memory location, channel, in the multi-channel analyzer. g. Multi-channel analyzer – analyzes the values in the channels and creates a spectrum that is processed by software to identify the radionuclide that emitted the incident gammas. Objective B.22 7. Spectroscopy Equipment Operational Checks a. Energy calibration – relates the energy of the gamma to a channel number. Performed during initial setup, after replacement of major components, or if unsatisfactory Method Quality Assurance, MQA, performance results are obtained. Objective B.23 Puts known peak in known channel. MQA is performed once every 6 months.
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