First measurements of material reconstruction in X-ray imaging with the Medipix2 detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2736-2740

  Firsching, Markus ^a   Michel, Thilo ^a   Anton, Gisela ^a  

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Author keywords

K edge; Material decomposition; Material reconstruction; Medipix; Photon counting detector; Pixel detector; Spectrum reconstruction; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149106892     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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