Issues in Proton Computed Tomography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 511, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 275-281

  Sadrozinski, H F W ^a   Bashkirov, V ^b   Bruzzi, M ^a,c   Johnson, L R ^a   Keeney, B ^a   Ross, G ^a   Schulte, R W ^b   Seiden, A ^a   Shahnazi, K ^b   Williams, D C ^a   Zhang, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

GEANT; Proton Computed Tomography; Silicon detectors

Indexed keywords

PROTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SILICON; TOMOGRAPHY;

SILICON DETECTORS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0042388569     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01806-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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