Cross strip readouts for photon counting detectors with high spatial and temporal resolution

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 996-1000

  Tremsin, Anton S ^a   Siegmund, Oswald H W ^a   Vallerga, John V ^a   Hull, Jeff S ^a   Abiad, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High spatial resolution; Photon counting; Position sensitive detectors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DETECTORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATHODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON COUNTING; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

PHOTONS;

EID: 11944260308     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1351862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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