Medipix3RX: Characterizing the Medipix3 Redesign with Synchrotron Radiation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1413-1421

  Gimenez, Eva N ^a   Ballabriga, Rafael ^b   Blaj, Gabriel ^a   Campbell, Michael ^b   Dolbnya, Igor ^a   Frodjh, Erik ^b   Horswell, Ian ^a   Llopart, Xavier ^b   Marchal, Julien ^a   McGrath, John ^a   Omar, David ^a   Plackett, Richard ^a   Sawhney, Kawal ^a   Tartoni, Nicola ^a  

^a DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Medipix3 RX; micro focused beam; photon counting detectors; synchrotron applications; x ray detectors; x ray imaging

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

FOCUSED BEAMS; MEDIPIX3 RX; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; X-RAY DETECTOR; XRAY IMAGING;

PIXELS;

EID: 85027948146     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2015.2425227     Document Type: Article

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