Gamma-ray compton imaging of multitracer in biological samples using strip germanium telescope

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 710-717

  Motomura, Shinji ^a   Enomoto, Shuichi ^a   Haba, Hiromitsu ^a   Igarashi, Kaori ^a   Gono, Yasuyuki ^a   Yano, Yasushige ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomedical nuclear imaging; Compton camera; Germanium radiation detectors; Multitracer

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPTON CAMERA; GERMANIUM RADIATION DETECTORS;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 34250780358     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.894209     Document Type: Article

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