Development of a prototype detector for use in scintimammography imaging

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1598-1609

  Stebel, L ^a   Tommasi, M ^a   Carrato, S ^a   Cautero, G ^b   Petasecca, M ^c   Pignatel, G ^c   Marzocca, C ^d   Tauro, A ^d   Dragone, A ^d   Corsi, F ^d   Dalla Betta, G ^e   Fazzi, A ^f   Zorzi, N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^g ITC IRST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gamma ray detectors; Photon counting; PIN photodiodes; Scintimammograpy

Indexed keywords

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS; PHOTON COUNTING; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPY;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 33750711709     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2006.04.019     Document Type: Article

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