Real-time compton imaging for the GammaTracker handheld CdZnTe detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 769-777

  Mviak, Mitchell J ^a,b   Seifert, Carolyn E ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc telluride; Compton camera; Field programmable gate arrays; Image reconstruction; Nuclear imaging

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); GAS DETECTORS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADIOISOTOPES;

COMPTON CAMERAS; ISOTOPE IDENTIFICATION; NUCLEAR IMAGING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 42149159408     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.915008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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