A portable pixel detector operating as an active nuclear emulsion and its application for X-ray and neutron tomography

Astroparticle, Particle and Space Physics, Detectors and Medical Physics Applications - Proceedings of the 9th Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 779-784

  Vykydal, Z ^a,b   Jakubek, J ^a   Holy, T ^a   Pospisil, S ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; EMULSIFICATION; PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS; PIXELS; READOUT SYSTEMS; STEPPING MOTORS; SYSTEM BUSES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTING DEVICES; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; ITS APPLICATIONS; NEUTRON TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR EMULSIONS; POSITION SENSITIVE; STEPPER MOTOR CONTROLS; UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 84885741086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812773678_0123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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