A large-area PSPMT-based gamma-ray imager with edge reclamation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 IV, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1552-1559

  Ziock, Klaus Peter ^a   Nakae, Leslie F ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms control; Coded aperture imager; Gamma ray detectors; Nuclear imaging; Position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT)

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; LENSES; MIRRORS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS;

CODED APERTURE IMAGER; GAMMA RAY DETECTORS; POSITION-SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 0036624355     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039699     Document Type: Article

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