Bio-medical X-ray imaging with spectroscopic pixel detectors

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

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-146

  Butler, A P H ^a,b,c,d   Anderson, N G ^b,c   Tipples, R ^b   Cook, N ^b   Watts, R ^a   Meyer, J ^a   Bell, A J ^a,d   Melzer, T R ^a   Butler, P H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Medipix; Radiography; Spectroscopy; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PIXELS; X RAYS;

MEDIPIX ALL RESOLUTION SYSTEM (MARS); PIXEL DETECTORS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 44649136008     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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