Last results of a first compton probe demonstrator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 936-941

  Llosá, Gabriela ^b   Bernabeu, José ^b   Burdette, Don ^c   Chesi, Enrico ^c,d   Clinthorne, Neal H ^a,e   Honscheid, Klaus ^c   Kagan, Harris ^c   Lacasta, Carlos ^a,b   Mikuž, Marko ^f   Modesto, Pablo ^b   Rogers, W Leslie ^e   Studen, Andrej ^f   Weilhammer, Peter ^d,g  

^a IEEE

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compton imaging; Prostate cancer; Silicon detectors

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SILICON DETECTORS;

(100) SILICON; (2+1) DIMENSIONS; COMPTON; COMPTON IMAGING; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; SILICON PAD DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION (SR);

DETECTORS;

EID: 45849135672     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.922817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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