An electronically-coilimated portable gamma-ray detector for locating environmental radiation sources

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6319, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a   Smith, Blair M ^a   Lackie, Adam W ^a   Hill Jr , William H ^a   Wang, Wei Hsung ^a   Cherry, Michael L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc telluride; Compton scatter; Compton telescope; CZT; Electronic collimation; Room temperature semiconductor radiation detector

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCATTERING; TELESCOPES;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE; COMPTON SCATTER; COMPTON TELESCOPE; ELECTRONIC COLLIMATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE SEMICONDUCTOR RADIATION DETECTOR;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33750742745     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.683568     Document Type: Conference Paper

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