Automated radioisotope identification using fuzzy logic and portable CZT detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Murray, W S ^a   Butterfield, K B ^a   Baird, W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FUZZY SETS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; RADIOISOTOPES; READOUT SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATED RADIOISOTOPE IDENTIFICATION; LOW POWER READOUT ELECTRONICS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0034593523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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