High Efficiency CsI(Tl)/HgI2 Gamma Ray Spectrometers

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 601-605

  Wang, Y J ^a   Patt, B E ^a   Iwanczyk, J S ^b   Cherry, S R ^a   Shao, Y ^c  

^a Xsirius Inc ^*

^b Crump Institute for Biological Imaging UCLA School of Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; LIGHT COLLECTION; PEAK TO COMPTON RATIO; THALLIUM ACTIVATED SODIUM IODIDE;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0029357548     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467906     Document Type: Article

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