Optimization of virtual Frisch-grid CdZnTe detector designs for imaging and spectroscopy of gamma rays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6706, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bolotnikov, A E ^a   Abdul Jabbar, N M ^b   Babalola, S ^c   Camarda, G S ^a   Cui, Y ^a   Hossain, A ^a   Jackson, E ^c   Jackson, H ^c   James, J R ^d   Luryi, A L ^e   James, R B ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

CdZnTe; Frisch grid; Gamma ray detectors

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE (CZT); FRISCH-GRID DETECTORS; PARALLELEPIPED-SHAPED CRYSTALS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 42149172320     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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