Energy-resolved photon-counting x-ray imaging arrays for clinical k-edge CT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4441-4446

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

^a DXRAY INC   (United States)

^b Interon AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; ELECTRON SOURCES; FLOORS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTING TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR ALLOYS; X RAY APPARATUS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; CHARGE COLLECTION; DIRECT CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; OUTPUT COUNT RATES; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SENSORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2D) ARRAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84858693979     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6153856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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