Pixellated Cd(Zn)Te high-energy X-ray instrument

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Seller, P ^a   Bell, S ^a   Cernik, R J ^b   Christodoulou, C ^c   Egan, C K ^b   Gaskin, J A ^f   Jacques, S ^b   Pani, S ^d   Ramsey, B D ^f   Reid, C ^c   Sellin, P J ^d   Scuffham, J W ^d,e   Speller, R D ^c   Wilson, M D ^a   Veale, M C ^a  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Pixelated detectors and associated VLSI electronics; X ray detectors; X ray detectors and telescopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855453840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/6/12/C12009     Document Type: Article

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