Development of a compact wavelength-shifting fibre gamma camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 3, 2000, Pages 1058-1064

  Scares, A J ^a   Cullum, I ^a   Miller, D J ^a   Royle, G J ^a   Speller, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACT WAVELENGTH SHIFTING FIBER GAMMA CAMERA; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; POSITION LINEARITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0034206114     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856547     Document Type: Article

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