Low-afterglow CsI:Tl microcolumnar films for small animal high-speed microCT

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 604, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 89-92

  Thacker, S C ^a   Singh, B ^a   Gaysinskiy, V ^a   Ovechkina, E E ^a   Miller, S R ^a   Brecher, C ^b   Nagarkar, V V ^a  

^a RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b ALEM Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterglow suppression; Cesium iodide; Microcolumnar films; Radiographic imaging; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

AFTERGLOW SUPPRESSION; CESIUM IODIDE; MICROCOLUMNAR FILMS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; SCINTILLATORS;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; EUROPIUM; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOSPHORS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPEED;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 65749090429     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.036     Document Type: Article

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