Direct charge sharing observation in single-photon-counting pixel detector

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

Volumn 573, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-140

  Pellegrini, G ^a   Maiorino, M ^b   Blanchot, G ^b   Chmeissani, M ^b   Garcia, J ^b   Lozano, M ^a   Martinez, R ^a   Puigdengoles, C ^b   Ullan, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charge sharing; Medical imaging; Pixel detectors

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SILICON DETECTORS; X RAYS;

CHARGE SHARING; PIXEL DETECTORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

PIXELS;

EID: 33847676505     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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