Characterization of a scintillating GEM detector with low energy x-rays

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6195-6209

  Seravalli, E ^a   De Boer, M R ^a   Geurink, F ^a   Huizenga, J ^a   Kreuger, R ^a   Schippers, J M ^b   Van Eijk, C W E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPPER; DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TUBES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GASES; GEMS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SNOW;

BEAM INTENSITIES; CASCADED GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; CHARGE SIGNALS; COPPER CLADDINGS; DIMENSIONAL POSITIONS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRIC SIGNALS; ELECTRON AVALANCHES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; GEM DETECTORS; HOLE DIAMETERS; LIGHT INTENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; LIGHT QUANTUM; LIGHT SIGNALS; LIGHT YIELDS; LOW ENERGIES; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBES; REGULAR PATTERNS; SENSITIVE VOLUMES; TREATMENT VERIFICATIONS; VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

COPPER;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; GAS ELECTRON MULTIPLIER; LIGHT INTENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; X RAY;

ARGON; ELECTRONS; FLUOROCARBONS; GASES; LABORATORIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAY THERAPY; X-RAYS;

EID: 58149235039     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/020     Document Type: Article

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