Detailed modelling of pixellated CdZnTe detectors for an accurate performance characterization of a multi-modality imaging system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 1924-1928

  Guerra, Pedro ^a,b   Kontaxakis, George ^a,b   Visvikis, Dimitris ^a,c   Santos, Andres ^a,b   Darambara, Dimitra G ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

MULTIMODAL SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT; SIMULATED DATA;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

EID: 38649090116     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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