Development of gas microstrip detectors for digital x-ray imaging and radiation dosimetry

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 1997, Pages 1357-1360

  Dixit, M S ^a   Armitage, J C ^a   Dubeau, J ^a   Gobbi, D G ^a   Johns, P C ^a,b   Karlen, D ^a   Oakham, F G ^a   Waker, A J ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAS DETECTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; X RAY ANALYSIS; XENON; DISPLAY DEVICES; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; X RAYS;

COUNTING RATES; DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; ENERGY INFORMATION; GAS MICROSTRIP DETECTORS; XRAY IMAGING;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

GAS MICROSTRIP DETECTORS (GMD); X RAY IMAGING;

EID: 0030701412     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.1997.612420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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