Calibration Method for ML Estimation of 3D Interaction Position in a Thick Gamma-Ray Detector

High-energy (> 100 keV) photon detectors are often made thick relative to their lateral resolution in order to improve their photon-detection efficiency. To avoid issues of parallax and increased signal variance that result from random interaction depth, we must determine the 3D interaction posit...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on nuclear science. - 1988. - 56(2009), 1 vom: 10. Feb., Seite 189-196
1. Verfasser: Hunter, William C J (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Barrett, Harrison H, Furenlid, Lars R
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on nuclear science
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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