Handbook of Particle Detection and Imaging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grupen, Claus (Editor), Buvat, Irène (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Physics.; Radiology.; Space sciences.; Particle acceleration.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Nuclear engineering.; Archaeology.; Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics.; Imaging / Radiology.; Nuclear Engineering.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

The handbook centers on detection techniques in the field of particle physics, medical imaging and related subjects. It is structured into three parts. The first one is dealing with basic ideas of particle detectors, followed by applications of these devices in high energy physics and other fields....