A pixel detector-based single photon-counting system as fast spectrometer for diagnostic x-ray beams

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Carpentieri, Carmen ^a   Bisogni, M G ^a   Del Guerra, A ^a   Delogu, P ^a   Fantacci, M E ^a   Fogli, J ^a   Marchi, A ^b   Marzulli, V ^b   Rosso, V ^a   Stefanini, A ^a   Tofani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UO di Fisica Sanitaria Azienda Ospedaliera 6 di Livorno   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING SYSTEM; SPECTROMETER; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIOMETRY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 55249114890     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn147     Document Type: Article

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