An analytic model for the response of a CZT detector in diagnostic energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1329-1337

  LeClair, Robert J ^a   Wang, Yinkun ^a   Zhao, Peiying ^a   Boileau, Michel ^a   Wang, Lilie ^a,b   Fleurot, Fabrice ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium zinc telluride detector; EGSnrc; Fluorescence escape; GEANT4; Hole tailing; Response function model; X ray spectra

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANALYTICAL MODELS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE DETECTORS; EGSNRC; GEANT4; RESPONSE FUNCTION MODELS; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAY DETECTORS;

CADMIUM; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENERGY; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646464391     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2190331     Document Type: Article

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