Efficiency calibration and coincidence summing correction for a 4π NaI(Tl) detector array

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

Volumn 535, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 674-685

  Byun, S H ^a   Prestwich, W V ^a   Chin, K ^a   McNeill, F E ^a   Chettle, D R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coincidence summing; Efficiency; In vivo neutron activation; Monte Carlo, simulation; Nai(Tl) detector

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; EFFICIENCY; ERROR CORRECTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANGULAR CORRELATION; COINCIDENCE SUMMING; IN VIVO NEUTRON ACTIVATION; NAI(TL) DETECTOR;

DETECTOR CIRCUITS;

EID: 9944239288     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(04)01469-X     Document Type: Article

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