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An Initial Summary
Now let's summarize what we already know:
- Radioactive materials emit radiation
- This radiation (gamma radiation) can be measured with a suitable detection system (= gamma measurement)
- The result of a gamma measurement is a table of values or a spectrum
- The peaks in the spectra allow us to identify the radionuclides.
As you can see, we have already learned a lot from these few pages.
We can now partially answer the question “what is segmented gamma scanning used for”:
Segmented gamma scanning is required to identify radioactive materials in containers.
