First detective quantum efficiency measurement of 500 μm silicon hybrid pixel sensor with photon counting readout for X-ray medical imaging

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

Volumn 546, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 24-27

  Surre, Benjamin ^a   Caria, Mario ^a   Chaput, Julien ^a   Hassoun, Thierry ^a   Laverroux, Fabien ^a   Sarry, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Equipe de Recherche en Signal et Imagerie Medicale   (France)

Author keywords

DQE; Medical imaging; Photon counting; Silicon hybrid pixel detectors

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SILICON; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; X RAYS;

DQE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF); PHOTON COUNTING; SILICON HYBRID PIXEL DETECTOR;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 20444444370     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.03.119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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