Designing SWORD-SoftWare for optimization of radiation detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 607-612

  Novikova, Elena I ^a,b   Strickman, Mark S ^b   Gwon, Chul ^c   Phlips, Bernard F ^a,b   Wulf, Eric A ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Carrie ^d   Waters, Laurie S ^e   Johns, Russell C ^e  

^a IEEE

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS; SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS (SNM);

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 38649140232     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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