The LANL prototype compton Gamma-ray imager: Design and image reconstruction techniques

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3047-3053

  Hoover, Andrew S ^a,b   Kippen, R Marc ^a,b   Sullivan, John P ^a,b   Rawool Sullivan, Mohini W ^a,b   Baird, William ^b   Sorensen, E B ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton; Imaging; Prototype; Simulations

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR DEVICES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS; PROTOTYPE;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 33144462215     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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