Modeling spectral distortions in energy resolved photon-counting x-ray detector

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3054-3057

  Wang, Xiaolan ^a   Meier, Dirk ^b   Hugg, James ^c   Chowdhury, Samir ^c   Wagenaar, Douglas ^c   Patt, Bradley ^c   Frey, Eric ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gamma Medica Ideas AS   (Norway)

^c Gamma Medica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT PIXELS; ANALYTIC METHOD; CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; CHARGE DIFFUSION; CHARGE SHARING; CHARGE SHARING EFFECTS; COMPOSITION ESTIMATION; ENERGY INFORMATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; ENERGY WINDOWS; FINITE SIZE; LOW ENERGIES; MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON ENERGY; REDUCED ENERGY; RING CORRECTIONS; SECOND EFFECTS; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS; X RAY BEAM; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY INTERACTION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DETECTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 79960322171     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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