A new position sensing X-ray detector: Working principle and experimental results

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-334

  Castoldi, Andrea ^a   Guazzoni, Chiara ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Image sensors; X ray detectors; X ray imaging; X ray spectroscopy detectors

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; POSITION MEASUREMENT; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CONTROLLED DRIFT DETECTORS (CDD); X RAY DETECTORS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0033079537     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.740898     Document Type: Article

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