True coincidence-summing corrections for the coincident γ-rays measured with coplanar grid CdZnTe detectors

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1040-1048

  Yucel H ^a   Solmaz, A N ^a   Kose E ^a   Bor, D ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CdZnTe (CZT) detector; Coplanar grid (CPG); Disc source; Gamma ray; True coincidence summing (TCS)

Indexed keywords

CLOSE-IN; CO-PLANAR GRID; COINCIDENCE-SUMMING; COPLANAR GRIDS; COPLANAR-GRID CDZNTE DETECTORS; CORRECTION FACTORS; CRYSTAL VOLUME; CZT DETECTORS; DETECTION GEOMETRY; FULL ENERGY PEAK;

BARIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; EUROPIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; SODIUM; Z TRANSFORMS;

GAMMA RAYS;

BARIUM; BARIUM 133; CADMIUM; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 152; SODIUM 22; TELLURIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING;

EID: 77649269971     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.042     Document Type: Article

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