An eight-channel detector for an192Ir brachytherapy source-based computed tomography scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3 PART 4, 2000, Pages 1261-1267

  Berndt, A ^a,b   Rathee, S ^a   Rickey, D W ^a   Bews, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cadmium tungstate; Computed tomography; Detector array

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CADMIUM TUNGSTATE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034207392     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.856463     Document Type: Article

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