High frame rate X-ray imaging with a 256 × 256 pixel single photon counting medipix2 detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1650-1655

  Mettivier, G ^b,c   Montesi, M C ^b,c   Sebastiano, A ^b,c   Russo, P ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC IMAGING; SILICON PIXEL DETECTORS; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION IMAGING;

IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY OPTICS; X RAY TUBES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33746350460     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.874882     Document Type: Article

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