Design of a high-resolution gamma-ray detector module for tomography applications

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

Volumn 572, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 668-675

  Bieberle, A ^a,b   Kronenberg, J ^b   Schleicher, E ^a   Hampel, U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b AREVA NP GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Gamma radiation detector; Scintillation detector

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAMMA RAYS; MICROELECTRONIC PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GAMMA-RADIATION DETECTOR; PREAMPLIFIER CIRCUIT; SCINTILLATION DETECTOR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846923109     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.12.034     Document Type: Article

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