An ASIC for Multi-Energy X-ray Counting

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1996-2001

  Mikkelsen, Sindre ^a   Meier, Dirk ^a   Mrehlum, Gunnar ^a   Øya, Petter ^a   Sundal, BjØrn ^a   Talebi, Jahanzad ^a  

^a Gamma Medica Ideas ^*

Author keywords

ASIC; CdTe; Counting; X ray

Indexed keywords

ASIC; CDTE; CHARGE SENSITIVE AMPLIFIER; COUNTING; ENERGY SPECTRA; ENERGY X-RAYS; EQUIVALENT NOISE CHARGES; LINEAR ARRAYS; LINEAR DYNAMIC RANGES; NEW APPLICATIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; RADIATION SENSORS; SHADOW IMAGES; XRAY IMAGING;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; BINS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; PIXELS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS;

EID: 67649159503     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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