An electronically-collimated gamma-ray detector for localization of radiation sources

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 257-263

  Smith, Blair ^b   Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a,b   Lackie, Adam ^b   Hill, Will H ^b   Wang, Wei Hsung ^b   Cherry, Michael L ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Compton scatter; Electronic collimation; Gamma ray detector

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPTON SCATTERING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

COMPTON CAMERA; ELECTRONIC COLLIMATION; GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; PIXELLATED CZT SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 38649120257     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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