Position-sensitive avalanche photodiodes for gamma-ray imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1687-1692

  Shah, Kanai S ^a   Farrell, Richard ^a   Grazioso, Ronald ^a   Harmon, Eric S ^a   Karplus, Eric ^b  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b Science Wares ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Imaging; Nuclear; Position sensitive detector

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-RAY IMAGING;

GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTODIODES; SCINTILLATION;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0036702945     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.801510     Document Type: Article

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