Development of coded-aperture imaging with a compact gamma camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1682-1687

  Gmar, M ^a   Gal, O ^a   Le Goaller, C ^b   Ivanov, O P ^c   Potapov, V N ^c   Stepanov, V E ^c   Laine F ^a   Lamadie, F ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CEA Marcoule   (France)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gamma camera; HURA coded mask

Indexed keywords

GAMMA CAMERAS; GAMMA IMAGING; HURA CODED MASK; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE CODING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOSPHORS; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIELDING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 4444339866     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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