Energy resolution of a silicon detector with the RX64 ASIC designed for X-ray imaging

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

Volumn 515, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 458-466

  Bollini, D ^a   Cabal Rodriguez, A E ^b   Dabrowski W ^c   Diaz Garcia, A ^b   Gambaccini, M ^d   Giubellino, P ^e   Grybos, P ^c   Idzik, M ^c,e   Marzari Chiesa, A ^f   Montano, L M ^g   Prino, F ^h   Ramello, L ^h   Sitta, M ^h   Swientek, K ^c   Wheadon, R ^e   Wiacek, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Front end electronics; Medical imaging; Silicon Strip Detectors; X ray detection; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PHOTONS; SILICON; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY RESOLUTION; X-RAY IMAGING;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0242522385     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2003.07.020     Document Type: Article

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