Scintillation properties of Lu0.4Gd1.6SiO 5:Ce (LGSO) crystal

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-17

  Shimizu, S ^a   Kurashige, K ^a   Usui, T ^a   Shimura, N ^a   Sumiya, K ^a   Senguttuvan, N ^a   Gunji, A ^a   Kamada, M ^a   Ishibashi, H ^a  

^a Showa Denko Materials Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CERIUM; GAMMA RAYS; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SCINTILLATION;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY RESOLUTION; SCINTILLATION PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33645682095     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.862975     Document Type: Article

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