CZT detectors used in different irradiation geometries: Simulations and experimental results

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1098-1108

  Fritz, Shannon G ^a   Shikhaliev, Polad M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CZT detector; edge on; energy spectrum; tailing effect; tilted angle

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

CZT DETECTORS; EDGE-ON; ENERGY SPECTRA; TAILING EFFECTS; TILTED ANGLE;

Z TRANSFORMS;

ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

EID: 63849193968     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3085876     Document Type: Article

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