New type of scintillation detectors for biological, medical, and radiation monitoring applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 IV, 2004, Pages 1297-1303

  Globus, M ^a   Grinyov, B ^a   Ratner, M ^b   Tarasov, V ^a   Lyubinskiy, V ^a   Vydai, Yu ^a   Ananenko, A ^a   Zorenko, Yu ^c   Gorbenko, V ^c   Konstankevych, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SINGLE CRYSTALS   (Ukraine)

^c IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Biology and radiation monitoring; Imaging screens; Luminescent film; Phoswich detector

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; LUMINESCENCE; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION; THIN FILMS; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

IMAGING SCREENS; LUMINESCENT FILMS; PHOSWICH DETECTORS; RADIATION MONITORING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 3342946196     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.830113     Document Type: Article

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