Quantum efficiency of the MCP detector: Monte Carlo calculation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1257-1262

  Shikhaliev, Polad M ^a   Ducote, Justin L ^a   Xu, Tong ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microchannel plate (MCP) detectors; Monte Carlo method; Photon counting; Quantum efficiency; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP) DETECTORS; PHOTON COUNTING; X-RAY IMAGING; X-RAY TUBE VOLTAGES;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 29144500412     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858184     Document Type: Article

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