Angular uncertainties due to geometry and spatial resolution in compton cameras

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1142-1147

  Ordonez, Caesar E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODETECTORS;

COMPTON CAMERAS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0033317713     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790848     Document Type: Article

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