ISPA tubes with scintillating YAP:Ce windows: X- and γ- ray imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50 I, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-132

  Cindolo, F ^a   D'Ambrosio, Carmelo ^b   De Notaristefani, F ^c   Leutz, H ^b   Piedigrossi, D ^b   Puertolas, D ^c   Rosso, E ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

29.30 spectroscopic techniques; 29.46 radiation detectors; 85.60.H photodetectors; 87.59 medical imaging; Hybrid photon detectors; ISPA tube

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CERIUM; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

IMAGING SILICON PIXEL ARRAY (ISPA) TUBES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0037291084     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.807944     Document Type: Article

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