First experimental tests with a CdTe photon counting pixel detector hybridized with a Medipix2 readout chip

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 2379-2385

  Chmeissani, M ^a   Frojdh, C ^b   Gal, O ^c   Llopart, X ^d   Ludwig, J ^e   Maiorino, M ^a   Manach, E ^c   Mettivier, G ^g,h   Montesi, M C ^g,h   Ponchut, C ^f   Russo, P ^g,h   Tlustos, L ^d   Zwerger, A ^e  

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

CdTe; Hybrid detectors; Medipix2

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAYS;

CDTE; HYBRID DETECTORS; MEDIPIX2; NUCLEAR FACILITIES;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 84905114239     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832324     Document Type: Article

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