Radiation detection and tomography

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250361R, 25036303, 25036304, 250366, 250368, G01T 1161, G01T 1185, G01T 1205

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ABSTRACT:
A nuclear or x-ray detector which utilizes Compton double-scattering of photons by radiation particles, followed by photoelectron absorption, to reconstruct the energy and direction of such particles.

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