A single-photon counting "edge-on" silicon detector for synchrotron radiation mammography

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

Volumn 608, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2009, Pages

  Rigon, L ^a   Arfelli, F ^a,b   Astolfo, A ^b   Bergamaschi, A ^c   Dreossi, D ^a,d   Longo, R ^a,b   Menk, R H ^d   Schmitt, B ^c   Vallazza, E ^a   Castelli, E ^a,b  

^a SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital mammography; Silicon microstrip; Single photon counting; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

BEAM LINES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; FULL-FIELD; HIGH RATE; HIGH-QUALITY IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PHASE IMAGING; SILICON MICRO-STRIP DETECTORS; SILICON MICROSTRIP; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRIESTE;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SENSORS; SILICON DETECTORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 70349337598     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.036     Document Type: Article

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