A new scintillator structure for thermal neutron imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 263, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 234-238

  Shestakova, I ^a   Gaysinskiy, V ^a   Antal, J ^b   Bobek, L ^b   Nagarkar, V V ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

CsI(Tl) scintillator; Digital radiography; Neutron radiography; Scintillator screens

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION EFFICIENCY; SCINTILLATOR SCREENS; SCINTILLATOR STRUCTURES;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 34548850875     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.092     Document Type: Article

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