Development of a computer code using the EGS4 Monte Carlo simulation system to evaluate the response of a NaI(Tl) detector to photons with energies below 300 keV

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Al Ghorabie, Fayez H H ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

EGS4; Monte Carlo simulation; NaI(Tl) detector; X rays

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

COMPUTER CODES; EGS4; NAI(TL) DETECTORS; PHOTO PEAKS;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

SODIUM IODIDE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SPECTRUM; X RAY;

EID: 27644498137     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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