Investigating the effect of K-characteristic radiation on the performance of nuclear medicine scintillators by Monte Carlo methods

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 569, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 364-367

  Liaparinos, Panagiotis ^a   Kandarakis, Ioannis ^b   Cavouras, Dionisis ^b   Delis, Harry ^a   Panayiotakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Nuclear medicine; Radiation detector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DETECTORS;

ATOMIC NUMBER ELEMENTS; K-CHARACTERISTIC RADIATION; MONOENERGETIC PENCIL BEAM; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS;

PHOSPHORS;

EID: 33751401687     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.08.109     Document Type: Article

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