Optical simulation of monolithic scintillator detectors using GATE/GEANT4

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Physics in Medicine and Biology

• Publication date

  2010-03-21

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1088/0031-9155/55/6/009PMID 20182005
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