High-resolution pixel detectors for second generation digital mammography

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

Volumn 497, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-29

  Tümer, Tümay O ^a   Yin, Shi ^a   Cajipe, Victoria ^a   Flores, Henry ^a   Mainprize, James ^b   Mawdsley, Gord ^b   Rowlands, John A ^b   Yaffe, Martin J ^b   Gordon, Eli E ^c   Hamilton, William J ^c   Rhiger, David ^c   Kasap, Safa O ^d   Sellin, Paul ^e   Shah, Kanai S ^f  

^a Durham Scientific Crystals Ltd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^f RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Breast imaging; Digital mammography; Digital mammography detectors; Hybrid pixel detectors; Pixel detectors

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037458027     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01888-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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