Using the Medipix2 detector for photon counting computed tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2327-2331

  Niederlöhner, Daniel ^a   Nachtrab, Frank ^a   Michel, Thilo ^a   Anton, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge sharing; Computed tomography; Hybrid pixel detector; Medipix detector; Photon counting; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; SENSORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHARGE SHARING; HYBRID PIXEL DETECTOR; MEDIPIX DETECTOR; PHOTON COUNTING; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SMOOTHING KERNELS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846592956     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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