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Advantages of Response Function Change in a transXend Detector with Various Scintillators as Substrates of Segment Detectors

Ikuo KANNO Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Yuko MINAMI Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Ryo IMAMURA Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Hironobu SHIMAZAKI Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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Kentaro FUKUDA Tokuyama Corporation, 6-6-3 Minamiyoshinari, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 989-3204, Japan
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Masahiko OHTAKA O-arai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Makoto HASHIMOTO O-arai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Kuniaki ARA O-arai Research and Development Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Narita, O-arai, Ibaraki, 311-1393, Japan
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Hideaki ONABE Raytech Corporation, Yoto, Utsunomiya, 321-0904, Japan
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Pages 1377-1384 | Received 13 May 2011, Accepted 25 Jul 2011, Published online: 05 Jan 2012

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