First results of XPAD3, a new photon counting chip for X-ray CT-scanner with energy discrimination

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 14-18

  Pangaud, P ^a,b   Basolo, S ^b   Chantepie, B ^b   Clemens, J C ^b   Delpierre, P ^b   Dinkespiler, B ^b   Menouni, M ^b   Bonissent, A ^b   Debarbieux, F ^c   Morel, C ^b  

^a IEEE

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FEES AND CHARGES; FINANCE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SCANNING; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SENSORS; SILICON;

BUMP-BONDED; DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY RANGES; ENERGY SELECTION; HIGH COUNTING RATE; HIGH DYNAMICS; HIGH SPEEDS; HIGH-CONTRAST RESOLUTION; IMAGE READOUT; LOW THRESHOLDS; LOW-NOISE; MICRO-CT; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON ENERGIES; POSITIVE INPUT; SENSITIVE AREA; SINGLE CHIPS; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING CHIP; SMALL ANIMALS; SYNCHROTRON X-RAY SCATTERING; X-RAY CT;

DIGITAL CIRCUITS;

EID: 48349116841     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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