Spectroscopic and imaging capabilities of a pixellated photon counting system

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

Volumn 466, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 74-78

  Amendolia, S R ^a   Bisogni, M G ^b   Bottigli, U ^b   Delogu, P ^b   Dipasquale, G ^b   Fantacci, M E ^b   Marchi, A ^b   Marzulli, V M ^b   Oliva, P ^b   Palmiero, R ^b   Rosso, V ^b   Stefanini, A ^b   Stumbo, S ^a   Zucca, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GaAs pixel detector; Medical imaging; Photon counting chip

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTON COUNTING CHIPS (PCC); POINT SPREAD FUNCTIONS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0035927837     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00827-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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