A fieldable-prototype, large-area, gamma-ray imager for orphan source search

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 949-958

  Ziock, K P ^a   Fabris, L ^a   Carr, D ^b   Collins, J ^d   Cunningham, M ^a   Habte, F ^a   Karnowski, T ^a   Marchant, W ^c   Nelson, D ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Coded aperture imager; Gamma ray detectors; Gamma ray imagers; Nuclear imaging; Orphan source search

Indexed keywords

CODED APERTURE IMAGER; GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; GAMMA-RAY IMAGERS; NUCLEAR IMAGING; ORPHAN SOURCE SEARCH;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STARS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 48349106239     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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