A linear array silicon pixel detector: Images of a mammographic test object and evaluation of delivered doses

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1565-1573

  Arfelli, F ^a,b   Bonvicini, V ^a   Bravin, A ^a,c   Cantatore, G ^a,c   Castelli, E ^a,c   Dalla Palma, L ^d   Di Michiel, M ^a,c   Longo, Renata ^a,c   Olivo, A ^a,c   Pani, S ^a,b   Pontoni, D ^a,b   Poropat, P ^a,c   Prest, M ^a,c   Rashevsky, A ^a   Tromba, G ^a,b   Vacchi, A ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Sincrotrone   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; SILICON;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON;

EID: 0030788381     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/8/007     Document Type: Article

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