Large-area silicon drift detectors for new applications in nuclear medicine imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1631-1635

  Metzger, Wilhelm ^a   Engdahl, John ^b   Rossner, Wolfgang ^a   Boslau, Oliver ^c   Kemmer, Josef ^c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c KETEK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DRIFTS; GAMMA PHOTONS; SILICON DRIFT DETECTORS (SDD); X-RAY DETECTORS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ALUMINUM FOIL; CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 4444226294     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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