A small prototype of LSO-SDD anger camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1625-1630

  Fiorini, C ^a   Perotti, F ^b   Rossi, E ^b   Longoni, A ^a   Labanti, C ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anger camera; Gamma ray imaging; Scintillators; Silicon drift detectors

Indexed keywords

ANGER CAMERA; ELECTRONICS NOISE (ENC); GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS;

COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION; SILICON; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CAMERAS;

EID: 4444290597     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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