Characterization of fluor concentration and geometry in organic scintillators for in situ beta imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6 PART 2, 1996, Pages 3342-3347

  Tornai, Martin P ^a   Huffman, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODETECTORS; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS;

BETA IMAGING; BINARY PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; LANDAU DISTRIBUTIONS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0030363132     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.552749     Document Type: Article

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