A fast digital filter algorithm for gamma-ray spectroscopy with double-exponential decaying scintillators

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1541-1545

  Tan, H ^a   Momayezi, M ^a   Fallu Labruyere, A ^a   Chu, Y X ^a   Warburton, W K ^a  

^a XIA LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TRAPEZOIDAL FILTER; DOUBLE-EXPONENTIAL DECAY TIMES; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PMT);

ALGORITHMS; CURVE FITTING; FUNCTIONS; GAMMA RAYS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIGITAL FILTERS;

EID: 4444337493     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832984     Document Type: Conference Paper

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