Photon-counting energy-resolving CdTe detectors for high-flux x-ray imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3953-3955

  Barber, William C ^a   Nygard, Einar ^b   Wessel, Jan C ^b   Malakhov, Nail ^b   Hartsough, Neal E ^a   Gandhi, Thulasi ^a   Wawrzyniak, Gregor ^b   Iwanczyk, Jan S ^a  

^a DXRAY INC   (United States)

^b Interon AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDTE; CDTE DETECTOR; COUNTING STATISTICS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; IMAGING ARRAYS; LONG TERM STABILITY; LOW FLUX; PHOTON COUNTING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; SOLID STATE IMAGING; STATISTICAL ERRORS; TEMPORAL RESPONSE; XRAY IMAGING;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; GAMMA RAYS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 79960318312     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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