Energy resolution of a photon-counting silicon strip detector

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

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 156-162

  Fredenberg, Erik ^a   Lundqvist, Mats ^b   Cederström, Björn ^a   Åslund, Magnus ^b   Danielsson, Mats ^a  

^a ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^b Sectra Mamea AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cascaded detector model; Energy resolution; Mammography; Photon counting; Silicon strip detector; Spectral X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR MODELS; ENERGY RESOLUTION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; XRAY IMAGING;

MAMMOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; SILICON SENSORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 77949279240     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.10.152     Document Type: Article

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