Dear-Mama: A photon counting X-ray imaging project for medical applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 569, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-139

  Blanchot, G ^a   Chmeissani, M ^a   Diaz A ^b   Diaz F ^b   Fernandez J ^c   Garcia E ^b   Garcia J ^a   Kainberger, F ^d   Lozano, M ^e   Maiorino, M ^a   Martinez R ^e   Montagne, J P ^f   Moreno, I ^b   Pellegrini, G ^e   Puigdengoles, C ^a   Sentis M ^c   Teres, L ^e   Tortajada, M ^c   Ullan M ^e  

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Sedecal SA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitari Parc Taulí   (Spain)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

^f ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Digital radiology; Photon Counting; Pixel detector

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY; READOUT SYSTEMS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL RADIOLOGY; PHOTON COUNTING; PIXEL DETECTOR;

PHOTONS;

EID: 33751162095     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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