The Fourth Edition of this book incorporates the latest developments and cutting-edge technologies to make this the most up-to-date guide to the field available: -Covers many new materials that are emerging as scintillators that can achieve energy resolution that is better by a factor of two compared with traditional materials -Presents new material on ROC curves, micropattern gas detectors, new sensors for scintillation light, thick film semiconductors, and digital techniques in detector pulse processing -Includes updated discussions on TLDs, neutron detectors, cryogenic spectrometers, radiation backgrounds, and the VME instrumentation standard (Fonte: editore)