Reconstruction of X-ray spectra with the energy sensitive photon counting detector Medipix2

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

Volumn 598, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 510-514

  Michel, Thilo ^a   Talla, Patrick Takoukam ^a   Firsching, Markus ^a   Durst, Jürgen ^a   Böhnel, Michael ^a   Anton, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medipix; Photon counting detector; Pixel detector; Spectrum reconstruction; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REPAIR; RESTORATION; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS;

MEDIPIX; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTOR; PIXEL DETECTOR; SPECTRUM RECONSTRUCTION; X-RAY IMAGING;

X RAYS;

EID: 57649101015     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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