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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1330-1339

Characterization of a mammographic system based on single photon counting pixel arrays coupled to GaAs x-ray detectors

Author keywords

Digital mammography; image quality; radiation detectors

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 63849091408     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3097284     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (16)

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