Advances in gas avalanche radiation detectors for biomedical applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-39

  Breskin, A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DNA; GAS DETECTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADIATION DAMAGE;

GAS AVALANCHE RADIATION DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0034318682     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)00804-4     Document Type: Article

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