Computed tomography using the Medipix1 chip

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

Volumn 509, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 240-250

  Bert, Ch ^a   Niederlohner D ^a   Giersch, J ^a   Pfeiffer, K F ^a   Anton, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT; Energy sensitive; Medipix1

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTONS;

PHOTON COUNTING HYBRID DETECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042729969     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01633-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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