A miniature phoswich detector for gamma-ray localization and beta imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1166-1173

  Tornai, Martin P ^a   Levin, Craig S ^a   MacDonald, Lawrence R ^a   Holdsworth, Clay H ^a   Hoffman, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROBES; SCINTILLATION; SURGERY;

BETA RAYS; PHOSWICH CRYSTALS; PHOSWICH DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032095004     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.681996     Document Type: Article

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