The use of CdTe or CdZnTe for pulse-counting and current-mode medical imaging applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 392-396

  Heanue, J A ^a   Brown, J K ^b   Hasegawa, B H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE; CHARGE TRAPPING; PULSE COUNTING; RADIONUCLIDE EMISSION; SCATTER REJECTION CAPABILITIES; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0030264226     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(96)00311-7     Document Type: Article

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