Preliminary test of an imaging probe for nuclear medicine using hybrid pixel detectors

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

Volumn 487, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 193-201

  Bertolucci, E ^a   Maiorino, M ^a   Mettivier, G ^a   Montesi, M C ^a   Russo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma camera; Hybrid pixel detectors; Medipix; Radiation probe; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CAMERAS; DETECTORS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON;

HYBRID PIXEL DETECTORS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0037063088     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)00965-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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