Development of an MeV gamma-ray imaging detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2140-2144

  Takeda, A ^a   Kubo, H ^a   Miuchi, K ^a   Nagayoshi, T ^a   Okada, Y ^a   Orito, R ^a   Takada, A ^a   Tanimori, T ^a   Ueno, M ^a   Bouianov, O ^b   Bouianov, M ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c CSC Scientific Computing Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gamma Ray Imaging; Gaseous detector; Micropattern detector; Time projection chamber

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; GASEOUS DETECTORS; MICROPATTERN DETECTORS; TIME PROJECTION CHAMBERS;

GAS DETECTORS;

EID: 8344283656     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.836154     Document Type: Article

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