Clustering algorithm with adaptive shaping method for CdZnTe detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 II, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3295-3299

  Nakamura, A ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Zhang, L ^b   Fukuda, D ^a   Ishitsu, T ^a   Nakazawa, M ^a   Misawa, M ^c   Murayama, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdZnTe (CZT); Clustering method; Digital signal processing (DSP)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARGE CARRIERS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GAMMA RAYS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; VECTORS;

GAMMA CAMERAS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0036952719     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.806227     Document Type: Article

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