Performance limits of a single photon counting pixel system

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 460, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-90

  Chmeissani, M ^a   Mikulec, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING PIXEL;

RADIATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0035278551     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01100-1     Document Type: Article

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