Comparison of two portable solid state detectors with an improved collimation and alignment device for mammographic x-ray spectroscopy

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3469-3477

  Bottigli, U ^a   Golosio, B ^a   Masala, G L ^a   Oliva, P ^a   Stumbo, S ^a   Delogu, P ^b   Fantacci, M E ^b   Abbene, L ^c   Fauci, F ^c   Raso, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CADMIUM METALLOGRAPHY; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; Z TRANSFORMS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

ALIGNMENT FEATURES; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; CDTE DETECTOR; CZT DETECTORS; DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS; PORTABLE SYSTEM; SOLID STATE DETECTORS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33748287011     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2229431     Document Type: Article

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