Large area gamma-ray imaging detector based on high-resolution CdTe diode

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4 II, 2003, Pages 1048-1052

  Mitani, Takefumi ^a,b   Nakamura, Hidehito ^c   Uno, Shingo ^d   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Nakazawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Shin ^a,b   Tajima, Hiroyasu ^e   Nomachi, Masaharu ^c   Fukazawa, Yasushi ^d   Kubo, Shin ^f   Kuroda, Yoshikatsu ^g   Onishi, Mitsunobu ^h   Ohno, Ryoichi ⁱ  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Clear Pulse Ltd   (Japan)

^g MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^h Daiichi System Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

ⁱ Acrorad Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

CdTe; Gamma camera; Gamma ray

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

IMAGING DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0041778289     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.815320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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