Algorithms for spectral calibration of energy-resolving small-pixel detectors

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Scuffham, J ^a   Veale, M C ^b   Wilson, M D ^b   Seller, P ^b  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pattern recognition, cluster finding, calibration and fitting methods; Pixelated detectors and associated VLSI electronics; Solid state detectors

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS; CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; FITTING METHOD; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; SEARCHING ALGORITHMS; SOLID STATE DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; VLSI ELECTRONICS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

PIXELS;

EID: 84887123580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/8/10/P10024     Document Type: Article

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