Simulation of light output from narrow sodium iodide detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1237-1241

  Ordonez, Caesar E ^a   Chang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jingai ^a   Gunter, Donald L ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001140456     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.596994     Document Type: Article

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