Semiconductor pixel detectors for digital mammography

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

Volumn 509, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 283-289

  Novelli, M ^a   Amendolia, S R ^b   Bisogni, M G ^a   Boscardin, M ^c   Dalla Betta, G F ^c,d   Delogu, P ^a   Fantacci, M E ^a   Quattrocchi, M ^a   Rosso, V ^a   Stefanini, A ^a   Venturelli, L ^e   Zucca, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c ITC IRST   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

GaAs; Medical imaging; Si pixel detectors

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS;

PIXEL DETECTORS;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0041728651     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01639-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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