Investigating the energy resolution of arrays of small scintillation crystals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 II, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 931-936

  Herbert, D J ^b   Meng, L J ^a,b   Ramsden, D ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal arrays; Energy resolution; Light collection efficiency

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL COUNTERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MIRRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL ARRAYS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; LIGHT COLLECTION; PHOTOELECTRON DETECTION; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; X RAY IMAGING;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0036624530     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039592     Document Type: Article

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