RX64DTH - A fully integrated 64-channel ASIC for a digital X-ray imaging system with energy window selection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 839-846

  Grybos, P ^a   Rodriguez, A E Cabal ^b   Idzik, M ^a   Gaitan, J Lopez ^c   Prino, F ^d   Ramello, L ^e   Swientek, K ^a   Wiacek, P ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

ASIC; Digital X ray imaging; Front end electronics

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANGIOGRAPHY; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; DETECTORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SILICON; X RAYS;

DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING; FRONT-END ELECTRONICS; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; X-RAY MEASUREMENTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 27644592582     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.852631     Document Type: Article

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