Discriminator threshold dependency of the zero-frequency DQE of photon-counting pixel detectors

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

Volumn 576, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 235-238

  Durst, Jürgen ^a   Anton, Gisela ^a   Michel, Thilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detective quantum efficiency, DQE; Medipix; Multiplicity of counts; Photon counting detector; Pixel detector; Signal to noise ratio, SNR; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY, DQE; MEDIPIX; MULTIPLICITY OF COUNTS; PHOTON-COUNTING DETECTOR; PIXEL DETECTOR; X-RAY IMAGING;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 34248179587     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.158     Document Type: Article

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