Measurement and Detection of Radiation

As useful to students and nuclear professionals as its popular predecessors, this fourth edition provides the most up-to-date and accessible introduction to radiation detector materials, systems, and applications. This edition presents new chapters on nuclear forensics and nuclear medicine instrumentation, covering basic principles and applications as well as open-ended problems that encourage more in-depth research. It also includes more problems and updated references and bibliographies. Step-by-step derivations and numerous examples illustrate key concepts.