Feasibility of HgBrI as photoconductor for direct X-ray imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 7, Issue , 2004, Pages 4337-4341

  Fornaro, L ^a   Espinosa, H ^a   Cuna A ^a   Aguiar, I ^a   Noguera, A ^a   Perez M ^a  

^a Faculty of Chemistry   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZING RADIATION; MELTING; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; RADIATION DETECTORS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROMETRY SYSTEMS; X-RAY DIGITAL IMAGING;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 23844544151     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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