Investigation of the small pixel effect in CdZnTe detectors

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1255-1259

  Wilson, Matthew D ^b   Seller, Paul ^a,b   Veale, Matthew C ^c   Seilln, Paul J ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

CDZN-TE DETECTORS; DETECTOR DESIGNS; MEASURED SIGNALS; PAD DETECTORS; PIXEL SIZES; PIXEL SPACINGS; PIXILATED DETECTORS; RAY RADIATIONS; SIGNAL SHAPES; SMALL PIXELS; SYNOPSYS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 48349100656     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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