A simple technique to increase the linearity and field-of-view in position sensitive photomultiplier tubes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages 494-498

  Clancy, R L ^a   Thompson, C J ^b   Robar, J L ^b   Bergman, A M ^b  

^a Department of Biomedical Engineering ^*  (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001184093     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.603698     Document Type: Article

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