PICASSO: A silicon microstrip detector for mammography with synchrotron radiation

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1536-1539

  Rigon, Luigi ^a   Arfelli, Fulvia ^a,b   Bergamaschi, Anna ^c   Dreossi, Diego ^c,d   Longo, Renata ^a,b   Menk, Ralf Hendrik ^d   Orzan, Giulio ^a   Schmitt, Bernd ^c   Vallazza, Erik ^a   Castelli, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM LINES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETECTOR SYSTEMS; DIGITAL DETECTOR; HIGH RATE; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; LINEAR ARRAYS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE IMAGING; SILICON MICRO-STRIP; SILICON MICRO-STRIP DETECTORS; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TRIESTE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; SENSORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 67649240413     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4775118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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