Performance limits of a 55-μm pixel CdTe detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 361-366

  Pellegrini, G ^a   Chmeissani, M ^b   Maiorino, M ^b   Blanchot, G ^b   Garcia, J ^b   Lozano, M ^a   Martinez, R ^a   Puigdengoles, C ^b   Ullan, M ^a   Casado, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

CdTe; Charge sharing; Medical imaging; Pixel detectors; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRODES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; RADIATION;

CDTE; CHARGE SHARING; PIXEL DETECTORS; X-RAY IMAGING;

METAL DETECTORS;

EID: 33645687880     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.869843     Document Type: Article

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