Photon counting energy sensitive micro-pattern gas detector for digital radiography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5030 II, Issue , 2003, Pages 833-844

  Altunbas, M C ^a   Barasch, E F ^a   Bednarek, D R ^a,b   Rudin, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FLUORESCENCE; GAS DETECTORS; PHOTONS;

X-RAY GENERATORS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041875093     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.480001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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