Large Size LSO:Ce and YSO:Ce scintillators for 50 MeV range γ-ray detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4 PART 1, 2000, Pages 1324-1328

  Moszynski M ^a,b   Balcerzyk, M ^a   Kapusta, M ^a   Wolski, D ^a   Melcher, C L ^a  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b CTI PET Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PHOSPHORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRANCHING-RATIO SENSITIVITY;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0034245051     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.872972     Document Type: Article

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