Extended radiation source imaging with a prototype Compton imager

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 617-624

  Sullivan, John P ^a   Tornga, Shawn R ^a   Rawool Sullivan, Mohini W ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Compton imaging; Compton scattering; Extended sources; Nuclear imaging; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DETECTORS; IMAGE SENSORS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); ITERATIVE METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; QUANTUM OPTICS; SCATTERING; SILICON DETECTORS;

BACK-PROJECTION ALGORITHMS; COMPTON IMAGER; COMPTON IMAGING; DATA SETS; DE CONVOLUTIONS; EXTENDED SOURCES; GEANT4 SIMULATIONS; ITERATIVE ALGORITHMS; LIST MODES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD EXPECTATION MAXIMIZATIONS; NUCLEAR IMAGING; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; RADIATION SOURCES; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGES; SILICON; SILICON PIXEL DETECTORS; SOURCE DATUM; SOURCE DISTRIBUTIONS; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS;

COMPTON SCATTERING;

SILICON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR;

EID: 60149098321     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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