Principal component analysis of large layer density in Compton scattering measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 571-579

  Bonifazzi, C ^a   Di Domenico, G ^a   Lodi, E ^a   Maino, G ^b   Tartari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compton scattering; Density measurements; Monte Carlo simulation; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPTON SCATTERING; COMPTON SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; COMPTON SPECTRA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPTON EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PACKAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SPECTRUM; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034670304     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00224-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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