High-rate x-ray spectroscopy in mammography with a CdTe detector: A digital pulse processing approach

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6147-6156

  Abbene, L ^a,b   Gerardi, G ^a   Principato, F ^a   Del Sordo, S ^b   Ienzi, R ^c   Raso, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Radiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

CdTe detectors; digital pulse processing; high photon counting rate; mammography; x ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METAL DETECTORS; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTONS; PILES; QUALITY CONTROL; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY TUBES;

ADVANCED QUALITY CONTROL; CDTE DETECTOR; DIGITAL DETECTION SYSTEMS; DIGITAL PULSE PROCESSING; HIGH RESOLUTION DETECTION; MONOENERGETIC X-RAYS; PHOTON COUNTING; PINHOLE COLLIMATORS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 78650106604     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3512804     Document Type: Article

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