Characterization of a silicon strip detector and a YAG:Ce calorimeter for a proton computed radiography apparatus

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1 PART 1, 2010, Pages 8-16

  Menichelli, David ^a   Bruzzi, Mara ^a   Bucciolini, Marta ^a   Candiano, Giuliana ^b   Pablo Cirrone, Giuseppe A ^b   Capineri, Lorenzo ^a   Civinini, Carlo ^c   Cuttone, Giacomo ^b   Presti, Domenico Lo ^d   Marrazzo, Livia ^e   Pallotta, Stefania ^a   Randazzo, Nunzio ^e   Sipala, Valeria ^d   Talamonti, Cinzia ^a   Valentini, Samuela ^a   Pieri, Stefano ^a   Reggioli, Valentina ^a   Brianzi, Mirko ^c   Tesi, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hadron therapy; Imaging; Protons; Semiconductor detectors

Indexed keywords

BLURRING EFFECT; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; HADRON THERAPY; HEALTHY TISSUES; HUMAN BODIES; IMAGING; MULTIPLE COULOMB SCATTERINGS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; PHOTON ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PROTON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON IMAGING; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY; RESIDUAL ENERGY; SILICON MICROSTRIP TRACKERS; SILICON STRIP DETECTORS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; STOPPING POWER; TUMOR THERAPY; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY; YAG: CE;

CALORIMETRY; CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HADRONS; IONIZATION; RADIOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SILICON SENSORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

PROTONS;

EID: 77950630858     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2031869     Document Type: Article

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