A dedicated LIMS for routine gamma-ray spectrometry

M Bruggeman; L Verheyen; T Vidmar

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.083

A dedicated LIMS for routine gamma-ray spectrometry

Appl Radiat Isot. 2014 May:87:425-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.083. Epub 2013 Dec 1.

Authors

M Bruggeman¹, L Verheyen², T Vidmar²

Affiliations

¹ SCK·CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium. Electronic address: michel.bruggeman@sckcen.be.
² SCK·CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium.

PMID: 24332338
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.11.083

Abstract

We developed a Microsoft(®) Access-based LIMS (Laboratory Information and Management Systems), γ-LIMS, for the management of our gamma-spectrometry laboratory, in which thousands of routine, but high-quality analyses are performed each year. This paper explains the main features of the γ-LIMS and puts special attention on the interfacing methods and solutions for using the Genie™2000 spectrometry software in conjunction with the EFFTRAN package, which serves for efficiency transfer calculations, coincidence summing corrections and a procedure for uncertainty estimation.

Keywords: Efficiency transfer; Gamma-ray spectrometry; LIMS; Summing corrections.